portico Hear it!

portico definition

por·tico (pôr′ti kō′)

noun pl. porticoes -·coes′ or porticos -·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

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