Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "porch" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

country style home front yard

Capable Of

winter better under protective coating

Derived Terms

back porch front porch outporch porch monkey porch piracy porch pirate porch swing porched porchful porchless porchlight porchlike porchscape porchway snow porch sunporch wet porch

Context

architecture

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

construction structure

Type Of (IsA)

good place to relax person supporting object structure what front door opens onto

Part Of

house

Receives Action

attached to building

Related Terms

cloisters colonnade entrance entrance hall loggia porte-cochère stoa veranda

Related Terms

addition area car chair chairs covered deck door enclosed entrance front front house front steps front stoop grill grill chairs house house addition house front loggia of house outer outer room outside outside house patio place place house platform porte cochère portico rocking rocking chair rocking chairs room screen screened screened room sitting sitting area sometimes sometimes screen steps stoop swing swing chairs swings type type car veranda verandah vestibule wooden wooden platform

Used For

courting true love relaxing set rocking chair upon sit on rocking chair sit on with neighbors sitting on socializing take nap on watching squirrels watching television

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.