porch
noun /pɔːtʃ/
/pɔːrtʃ/
- a small area at the entrance to a building, such as a house or a church, that is covered by a roof and often has walls
enlarge image- She stood in the porch and rang the doorbell.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- entrance
- church
- back
- …
- door
- light
- in the porch
- (North American English) (also veranda, verandah (both especially British English))a platform with an open front and a roof, built onto the side of a house on the ground floorExtra Examples
- They were sitting out on the porch in the cool evening air.
- After dinner we sat on the front porch and talked for hours.
- The screened porch looks across the backyard into the woods.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- back
- front
- side
- …
- step
- light
- swing
- …
- on the porch
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French porche, from Latin porticus ‘colonnade’, from porta ‘passage’.