'Porch' definitions:
Definition of 'porch'
From: WordNet
noun
A structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
Definition of 'Porch'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The graceless Helen in the porch I spied Of Vesta's temple. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A portico; a covered walk. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find find us. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'porch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambry,
- apse,
- archway,
- back door,
- baptistery,
- barway,
- blindstory,
- bulkhead,
- carriage entrance,
- cellar door,
- cellarway,
- chancel,
- choir,
- cloisters,
- confessional,
- confessionary,
- crypt,
- diaconicon,
- diaconicum,
- door,
- doorjamb,
- doorpost,
- doorway,
- Easter sepulcher,
- French door,
- front door,
- gallery,
- gate,
- gatepost,
- gateway,
- hatch,
- hatchway,
- lanai,
- lintel,
- nave,
- patio,
- piazza,
- portal,
- porte cochere,
- postern,
- presbytery,
- propylaeum,
- pylon,
- rood loft,
- rood stair,
- rood tower,
- sacrarium,
- sacristy,
- scuttle,
- side door,
- sleeping porch,
- solarium,
- stile,
- stoop,
- storm door,
- sun porch,
- threshold,
- tollgate,
- transept,
- trap,
- trap door,
- triforium,
- turnpike,
- turnstile,
- veranda,
- vestry