porchporch /pɔːtʃ $ pɔːrtʃ/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINporch
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French porche, from Latin porticus, from porta ‘gate’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- They were sitting on the front porch drinking beer.
- For details, see the poster in the church porch.
- I went right up the front walk, mounted the porch steps and rang the bell, then rang it again.
- Running the length of the forward strut was a ladder for the astronauts to descend from the top porch to the surface.
- She showed him to a little room off the kitchen porch.
- So Johnny Appleseed lay down on the front porch and went to sleep.
- Some children even go into the yard and on the porch of the house.
- The bay that formed the hall would have an entry porch to act as an airlock on the road side.
- The western porch below, surmounted by its rose window, is sculptured.
WORD SETS
alcove, nounattic, nounback door, nounbasement, nounbasin, nounbath, nounbath, verbbath mat, nounbathroom, nounbathtub, nounbedchamber, nounbedroom, nounblanket, nounblind, nounbottom drawer, nounbox room, nouncabinet, nouncistern, nouncowl, nouncrazy quilt, noundado, noundeadbolt, noundeck, noundinette, noundining room, noundoorbell, noundoorjamb, noundoorknob, noundoorknocker, noundoormat, noundoorpost, noundoorstep, noundoorstop, noundoorway, noundouble glazing, noundownspout, noundownstairs, adverbdrainpipe, noundrapes, noundrawing room, noundressing room, nouneiderdown, nounfamily room, nounfanlight, nounfender, nounfireplace, nounfireside, nounfloor, nounfoyer, nounFrench doors, nounFrench windows, nounfrieze, nounfront door, nounfurnishings, noungable, noungabled, adjectivegarage, noungarret, noungeyser, noungranny flat, nounhatch, nounhatchway, nounhearth, nouninglenook, nounironing board, nounjamb, nounkitchen, nounlarder, nounlattice window, nounlibrary, nounlino, nounlinoleum, nounliving room, nounloft, nounlounge, nounlumber room, nounmaster bedroom, nounmat, nounmorning room, nounornament, nounpalace, nounpane, nounpantry, nounparlour, nounparquet, nounpassage, nounpatio, nounpatio doors, nounpelmet, nounpenthouse, nounpied-à-terre, nounplayroom, nounporch, nounpublic housing, nounquilt, nounradiator, nounranch, nounranch house, nounreception room, nounrecess, nounrecessed, adjectiverecreation room, nounrug, nounrunner, nounself-contained, adjectivesemi, nounsemi-detached, adjectiveshade, nounsill, nounsitting room, nounskylight, nounspare room, nounsplashback, nounsplit-level, adjectivestair, nounstaircase, nounstairway, nounstairwell, nounstorm door, nounstorm window, nounstucco, nounstudy, nounsuite, nounsun lounge, nounsun porch, nounterraced house, nounthreshold, nountied cottage, nountrestle table, nountub, nounundercoat, noununderfelt, noununderlay, noununit, nounutility room, nounveranda, nounvilla, nounwainscot, nounwalk-up, nounwall, nounwallpaper, nounwallpaper, verbwall-to-wall, adjectivewarming pan, nounwashroom, nounwastebasket, nounwet bar, nounwhitewash, nounwhitewash, verbwoodwork, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1British English an entrance covered by a roof outside the front door of a house or church2American English a structure built onto the front or back entrance of a house, with a floor and a roof but no walls (=at the front of a house)
We walked up the front steps and into the reception area.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE We walked up the front steps and into the reception area.· The guitarist's back-porch folksiness shows its best hand on the affecting finale, Travels.· Near their back porch, they said, rats scamper about, and maggots slither near trash bins.· Ilsa's house was dark and we padded through to the back porch like conspirators.· It was still goo, so she put it out on the back porch for the cat.· Then he gave a little nod, an apology for interrupting, and leaned the bike against the back porch.· Looking up the hollow from our back porch, the mown field was the only sign of human endeavor.· Sometimes she sits in a lounge chair on the back porch and stares off into space.· Sounds like just the ticket for a shady back porch, cool glass of sun tea and thou.
· We used to have a family of martins nesting directly over our front porch, just under my bedroom window.· He glared at Yanto with genuine dislike as he stomped through the front porch of the pub.· So Johnny Appleseed lay down on the front porch and went to sleep.· The front porch which has various door openings gives excellent room for cooking and storing the rest of your gear.· She was on the front porch, with Oxie and Fogarty still on the sofa.· The front porch has various door openings with room to shelter when cooking and to store gear.· She was sitting on the front porch, waiting, with gloves in her lap.
NOUN· For details, see the poster in the church porch.
· He could not, at first, unlock the door, though the porch light was on; the keyhole kept moving.· They are some of the largest and most spectacular moths that visit our porch lights in the summer.· I walked to the front door, checked my watch, and flicked the porch light on and off three times.· In the glow of the porch light, he saw her eyes turn that mesmerizing shade of periwinkle.· He did it now, dragged his chair out under the leafy fig tree, beyond the glow of the porch light.
· The façade and south porch are now Gothic and the interior and cupola were transformed in the eighteenth century.· For some reason, no one knew why, he had for the last four months taken to sleeping in the south porch.· There are only three to the south porch.· There were only two cars parked outside the south porch.
· We occupy the sun porch, a windowless living room with a fake marble fireplace and a dining room behind glass doors.
VERB· The back door swings open and Felicia comes out on to the porch.· When he came on to the porch, she stood up from her wicker chair and kissed him on the cheek.· Glover came on the porch to call Paul in for lunch and found the boy helping in the yard.
· Not until it was dark did they leave the porch.· But Mr Teal had finally left the porch with a great deal of poise.
· Sethe opened the front door and sat down on the porch steps.· They sat on the porch after dinner and talked.· In the evening he sat on the porch, thinking.· In summer, we sit on the porch Like birds on a telephone wire.· He sat down on our porch and eagerly showed us how his equipment worked.· I sit on the porch with a glass of wine and watch the sheep.· Before Paul D came and sat on her porch steps, words whispered in the keeping room had kept her going.· Win sat alone on the porch.
· Betty was sitting in the porch of the cottage peeling potatoes.· She was sitting on the front porch, waiting, with gloves in her lap.· At the Dixie Dude, I spent my time between riding in the hills and just sitting on the porch doing nothing.· I am the one scrambling eggs for dinner and sitting on porches with friends while the kids roam the neighborhood on bikes.· We were sitting on the porch after Sunday dinner.· It was like sitting on the porch with your family, when nobody feels that they have to make talk.· Our entertainment was sitting on the front porch.· Angela is sitting on the side porch as I pull into my driveway.
· I stood in the porch to drink it.· She saw through the screen that Tony Angotti was standing on the porch.· Juliet stood in the porch, her finger to her lips, still feeling that last, tender kiss.· Tony Angotti was standing on the porch.· She stood in the porch and rang the bell.· Hughes stood motionless on the porch.· I stood on that porch listening to the silence, watching the white clouds in the dark blue summer sky.· Reva was standing on the porch, staring down at us.