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portico Definition

por·tico (pôr′ti kō′)

noun pl. -·coes′ or -·cos′

a porch or covered walk, consisting of a roof supported by columns, often at the entrance or across the front of a building; colonnade

Etymology: It < L porticus: see porch

portico Synonyms

portico

n.

covered wall, colonnade, arcade; see patio, porch.

portico Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • pillar: An imposing exterior has a splendid pillared portico with large lamps and a fine mosaic floor.
  • support: Three fine red granite pillars support the portico on each side of the man entrance.
  • have: The center six bays have a portico with iconic columns.
  • add: He set about the last major building campaign adding a huge Ionic portico to the entrance front.
  • echo: And the noble long-suffering Odysseus lay there on the wooden bed in the echoing portico.

Preposition: on

side: Three fine red granite pillars support the portico on each side of the man entrance.

Converse of subject

surround: Just as the Temple had a large courtyard which was surrounded by porticoes, so the Haram in Mecca has the same features.

Adjective modifier

  • columned: Hotel, Restaurant, Bar & Function Suite With its columned portico protruding onto the High Street.
  • Ionic: The plain facade is broken only with is a large Ionic portico with four large columns on the entrance front.
  • Doric: By the early C19 a big four column Greek Doric portico seemed necessary to add status to the otherwise plain stock brick building.
  • Corinthian: Faced with Portland Stone the building has a Roman Corinthian portico of six columns.
  • grand: But perhaps the greatest external change, completely altering the entrance, was the addition of eight massive ionic columns forming the grand portico.
  • classical: Built in 1854, by George Atkins, it has an impressive classical portico, recently restored along with the rest of the exterior.

Modifies a noun

entrance: Reception is located just inside the main portico entrance on Charlotte Street.

Noun used with modifier

  • entrance: The main front entrance portico with roman pillars opens to the marble floored hallway with double height ceiling.. ... ... ... .
  • stone: At one point, the white stone portico of a cemetery appeared out of the darkness, startling me.

Preposition: in

front: The large portico in the front is of the Ionic order.

Preposition: of

  • column: Faced with Portland Stone the building has a Roman Corinthian portico of six columns.
  • house: After a considerable time we paused again, before the stately portico of a large house with long windows descending to the ground.

Preposition: with

column: The center six bays have a portico with iconic columns.