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porch

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??t?/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /p??t?/
  • (rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /po(?)?t?/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /po?t?/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)t?

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

Derived terms

  • back porch
  • front porch
  • porch monkey
  • snow porch
  • wet porch

Translations

  • Icelandic: (please verify) verönd f

See also

  • loggia
  • porte-cochère

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whirlygig

English

Pronunciation

Noun

whirlygig (plural whirlygigs)

  1. Alternative form of whirligig

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