English Explanatory Dictionary

porch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
  2. A portico; a covered walk.
  3. The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).

Pronunciation

/pɔːtʃ/ /pɔɹt͡ʃ/ /po(ː)ɹtʃ/ /poətʃ/ En-us-porch.ogg

Word forms

porch porches

Etymology

From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.

Synonyms

porch portico

Related words

loggia porte-cochère cloisters colonnade entrance entrance hall stoa veranda

Derived words

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