Porch

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /pɔːtʃ/
• GenAm IPA: /poəɹtʃ/, /pɔɹtʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃ

Origin

From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus ("portico").

Full definition of porch

Noun

1. (architecture) A covered and enclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 5, But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,.... We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there.
2. A portico; a covered walk.

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Derived terms

• porch monkey