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porch

DEFINITIONS OF: porch

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n a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

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back porch
a porch for the back door
deck
a porch that resembles the deck on a ship
front porch
a porch for the front door
portico
a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
stoep, stoop
small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
gallery, veranda, verandah
a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
lanai
a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room
narthex
portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church
sun deck
an unroofed deck
Type of:
construction, structure
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
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