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• Porch — Porch, n. [F. porche, L. porticus, fr. porta a gate, entrance, or passage. See {Port} a gate, and cf. {Portico}.] 1. (Arch.) A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• porch — [pôrch] n. [ME porche < OFr < L porticus < porta, gate, entrance, passage: see PORT5] 1. a covered entrance to a building, usually projecting from the wall and having a separate roof 2. an open or enclosed gallery or room on the outside… …   English World dictionary

• porch — [po:tʃ US po:rtʃ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: porche, from Latin porticus, from porta gate ] 1.) BrE an entrance covered by a roof outside the front door of a house or church 2.) AmE a structure built onto the front or back entrance …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• entrance — [n1] a way into a place access, approach, archway, avenue, corridor, door, doorway, entry, entryway, gate, gateway, hall, hallway, ingress, inlet, lobby, opening, passage, passageway, path, porch, port, portal, portico, staircase, threshold,… …   New thesaurus

• porch — noun count * 1. ) AMERICAN an open area with a floor and a roof, attached to the lower level of a house 2. ) BRITISH a small area covered by a roof at the entrance to a house or other building …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• porch — ► NOUN 1) a covered shelter projecting over the entrance of a building. 2) N. Amer. a veranda. ORIGIN Old French porche, from Latin porticus colonnade …   English terms dictionary

• porch — porchless, adj. porchlike, adj. /pawrch, pohrch/, n. 1. an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway. 2. a veranda. 3. the Porch, the portico or stoa in the agora of ancient Athens, where the Stoic… …   Universalium

• Porch — A porch is a structure attached to a building, forming a covered entrance to a vestibule or doorway. [cite book first=Francis D.K. last= Ching year= 1995 title= A Visual Dictionary of Architecture edition= publisher=John Wiley and Sons… …   Wikipedia

• entrance — noun 1 door/place through which you enter sth ADJECTIVE ▪ narrow, wide ▪ main ▪ back, front, rear, side ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• porch — noun 1 entrance to a building ADJECTIVE ▪ entrance (esp. BrE) ▪ church ▪ back, front PORCH + NOUN ▪ door …   Collocations dictionary

• porch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. verandah, portico, piazza; entrance, portal; stoa. See opening, receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. veranda, piazza, portico, breezeway, entrance, doorstep, stoop, gallery, entrance platform, carriage …   English dictionary for students