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Definition of Porch
1. Noun. A structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance.
Group relationships: House
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Definition of Porch
1. n. A covered and inclosed 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. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia.
Definition of Porch
1. Noun. A covered and enclosed 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. ¹
2. Noun. A portico; a covered walk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Porch
1. a covered structure at the entrance to a building [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porch
Literary usage of Porch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"See Pottery porch furniture Homelike porch, il Woman's H С 43:52 My 46 porches ^
House ... WH Butterfield. il Gard M 23:293-4 Je 46 If you have a porch, ..."
2. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams (1905)
"We begin with the north porch because it belonged to the ... Traditionally in
the primitive church, the northern porch belonged to the women. ..."
3. A History of Architectural Development by Frederick Moore Simpson (1905)
"The caryatid porch is one of those bold original experiments which end happily;
and alone is sufficient, even though the rest of the building were ..."
4. The History of the Jewish Church by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1882)
"It was encased with white marble studded with golden spikes.1 The porch had now
... The porch. In the porch hung the colossal golden vine, the emblem of the ..."
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