• Veranda

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /vəˈɹæn.dÉ™/

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    From Hindi बरामदा or बरण्डा, from Portuguese varanda ("balustrade; balcony") (Spanish baranda).

    Full definition of veranda

    Noun

    veranda

    (plural verandas)
    1. A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. from 18th c.
      • 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 4, No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
      • 1956, Delano Ames, Crime out of Mind Chapter 7, Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us.
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