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Definition of porchlike - 2 dictionary results

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


porchless, adjective
porchlike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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