portico
Other forms: porticoes; porticos
If your host suggests that you take your iced tea out to the portico, you can follow him onto the porch. A portico is a front porch with columns.
If you've ever seen pictures of the United States Capitol building or the Pantheon in Rome, you've seen a portico. While a porch that is held up with grand columns is a portico, a longer covered area or walkway with columns is called a colonnade. The root of portico, is simply the Latin word for "porch," porticus.
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a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
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