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 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.
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