porch
porch (pôrc̸h)
noun
- a covered entrance to a building, usually projecting from the wall and having a separate roof
- an open or enclosed gallery or room on the outside of a building, as a veranda or sun porch
- Obsolete a portico
Etymology: ME porche < OFr < L porticus < porta, gate, entrance, passage: see port
porch
n.
Converse of object
- glaze: The front entrance is via a double glazed porch with coat rack.
- comprise: Comprising porch, entrance hall, lounge and dining room.
- enclose: They have an enclosed porch where they love to watch nature and sleep.
- recess: Accommodation: Ground Floor Open Entrance Porch This recessed porch provides a sheltered entrance area to the property.
- thatch: New porches should be simple tiled, slate or thatched open porches to suit the style of the house.
Adjective modifier
- gabled: Right side of gable was original front with central gabled porch in angle with projecting gable to right.
- south: A south porch which has not quite its par in the country.
- Doric: Recessed central section is spanned by one story Doric columned porch with entablature and balustrade.
- covered: We operate a non-smoking policy, for health and safety reasons, but smoking is allowed in the garden or under our covered porch.
- rear: There is a rear porch leading to a rear yard.
- ornate: We are glad to see that the ornate porch is to be extended to merge into the new extension.
Modifies a noun
- groundsheet: Comes complete with porch groundsheet and two sets of steel poles to create sun canopies from the door flaps.
- awning: Lightweight porch awning, which is very light and very compact.
- pole: The pole construction is aluminum with steel porch poles supplied.
Noun used with modifier
- entrance: In the front entrance porch is a double glazed entrance door.
- storm: Storm porch with light leading to part glazed wooden front door.
- south: Finally, in the converted south porch, there is a Holy Cross chapel, dating from the 1970s.
- church: There is a list in the church porch, all monies to be given to Jo, Bill or Father.
- sun: In the Yellow House incoming air passes through the sun porch at the rear of the house.
- conservatory: The patio and conservatory style porch make for enjoyable summer evenings barbecuing or just reflecting on the days activiities.
Pale, beyond porch and portal, Crowned with calm leaves, she stands Who gathers all things mortal With cold immortal hands.
You let a bully come into your front yard, and the next day he'll be on your porch.
Go out on the front porch of the house, turn the Washington Post over with your big toe, and if your name's above the fold, you know you're not going to have a good day.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And hewhistled, andshouted, and called thembyname; 'Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donder and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!'
Browse dictionary entries near porch
- porcelainize
- porcelain
- porbeagle
- populous
- Populistic
- Populist
- population explosion
- population
- populate
- popularly
- porcine
- porcino
- porcupine
- porcupinefish
- pore
- pore fungus
- porgy
- poriferan
- poriferous
- porism
