porch

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see also: Porch

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /pɔːtʃ/
• (America) IPA: /pɔɹtʃ/
• (rhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /po(ː)ɹtʃ/
• (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /poətʃ/

Noun

porch (plural porches)

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.
2. A portico; a covered walk.
3. The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
   • 2012, Courtney G. Brooks, ‎James M. Grimwood, ‎Loyd S. Swenson, Chariots for Apollo

     By the time he had put on the backpack, McDivitt was ready to let him do more—to stand on the porch at least.

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:porch

Translations

• French: porche, véranda
• German: Vorbau, Vordach, Veranda
• Italian: veranda
• Portuguese: alpendre
• Russian: крыльцо́
• Spanish: pórtico, porche

Translations

• Italian: portico
• Russian: по́ртик

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Porch

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Proper noun

1. Surname
2. (with definite article) The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).

   Synonyms: Portico

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