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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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