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porch
[pawrch, pohrch] 
–noun
| 1. | an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway. |
| 2. | a veranda. |
| 3. | the Porch, the portico or stoa in the agora of ancient Athens, where the Stoic philosopher Zeno of Citium and his followers met. |
| 4. | Obsolete. a portico. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME porche < OF < L porticus porch, portico
1250–1300; ME porche < OF < L porticus porch, portico
Related forms:
porchless, adjective
porchlike, adjective
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| porch (pôrch, pōrch) n.
[Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus, portico, from porta, gate; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Porch
Porch\, n. [F. porche, L. porticus, fr. porta a gate, entrance, or passage. See Port a gate, and cf. Portico.]1. (Arch.) A covered and inclosed 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. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia. The graceless Helen in the porch I spied Of Vesta's temple. --Dryden. 2. A portico; a covered walk. [Obs.] Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find find us. --Shak. The Porch, a public portico, or great hall, in Athens, where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples; hence, sometimes used as equivalent to the school of the Stoics. It was called "h poiki`lh stoa`. [See Poicile.]
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Language Translation for : porch
Spanish:
porche; pórtico,
German:
das Portal,
Japanese:
玄関
porch
c.1290, from O.Fr. porche, from L. porticus "covered gallery, arcade," from porta "gate." The L. word was borrowed directly into O.E. as portic.
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