View synonyms for sun porch

sun porch

noun

a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
an open pen, raised above the ground, for giving poultry light and air under sanitary conditions.

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Without a glance at the curious group at the other end of the sun porch, she soon turned and went within.

More than a hundred families live there, and each family has its own little sun porch.

A uniformed maid, bearing a tray of dishes, entered from the sun porch.

Then they went at the other rooms, the sun-porch room and the dining-room.

The presence of the bishop reminded him unpleasantly of the Porters' sun-porch and of the disgraceful encounter there.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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