An open portico or light roofed gallery extending along the front (and occasionally other sides) of a dwelling or other building, frequently having…

Chiefly U.S. regional (chiefly New England and south-eastern). The veranda or porch of a house.

‘An uncovered platform before the entrance of a house, raised, and approached by means of steps. Sometimes incorrectly used for porch or veranda.’ (C…

A raised platform or veranda running along the front and sometimes round the sides of a house of Dutch architecture.

Originally and chiefly North American. A veranda.

In Hawaii (and by imitation elsewhere), a porch or veranda; a roofed structure with open sides near a house. Also attributive.

In South Asia: a raised platform for sitting out on; a veranda. (See quot. 1886.) Also in pial school.

a covered veranda having walls or windows fitted with or consisting of mesh screens in order to keep out insects and other pests.

In Java: a large, covered porch or veranda in front of a house.

A veranda, porch, or outbuilding providing sleeping accommodation; a sleeping area not in the main building. Australian and New Zealand.