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porch definition

porch (pôrc̸h)

noun

  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 of a building, as a veranda or sun porch
  3. Obsolete a portico

Etymology: ME porche < OFr < L porticus < porta, gate, entrance, passage: see port

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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