Origin: 1200-1300 Old French porche, from Latin porticus, from porta gate
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS►front/back porch
They were sitting on the front porch drinking beer.
a structure built onto the front or back entrance of a house, with a floor, a roof, and usually railings, but no walls: front/back porch They were sitting on the front porch drinking beer. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French porche, from Latin porticus, from porta gate]