porch

Speech parts

1. porch - Noun

2. Porch - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hall galilee conservatory colonnade nave terrace market square piazza loggia gateway atrium chancel archway solarium access

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Antonyms

chamber epilogue door departure exit rejection

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Hypernyms

structure construction

Hyponyms

gallery deck portico stoop front porch veranda

Phrases with the word

porch piracy porch climber church-porch porch chair jingle porch porch for the back door

Examples

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade. Augusten Burroughs

So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the day. Zora Neale Hurston

With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back porch and look at the light. No need for talking. For any kind of communication. Lee Krasner

The stingy has a big porch and little morality. Arabic Proverb

A person born to be a flower pot will not go beyond the porch. Mexican Proverb

A person born to be a flower pot will not go beyond the porch. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

porcellionid Porcellionidae Porcello porch chair porch climber porch for the back door