'Portico' definitions:
Definition of 'portico'
(from WordNet)
noun
A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
Definition of 'Portico'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'portico'
From: GCIDE
- Colonnade \Col`on*nade"\, n. [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr. colonna column. See Colonel.] (Arch.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Note: When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'portico'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- aisle,
- alley,
- ambulatory,
- aperture,
- arcade,
- artery,
- atlas,
- avenue,
- caryatid,
- channel,
- cloister,
- colonnade,
- colonnette,
- column,
- communication,
- conduit,
- connection,
- corridor,
- covered way,
- defile,
- entrance,
- entrance hall,
- entranceway,
- entry,
- entryway,
- exit,
- ferry,
- ford,
- foyer,
- galilee,
- gallery,
- inlet,
- interchange,
- intersection,
- junction,
- lane,
- lobby,
- narthex,
- opening,
- outlet,
- overpass,
- pass,
- passage,
- passageway,
- peristyle,
- pier,
- pilaster,
- pillar,
- porch,
- portal,
- post,
- propylaeum,
- railroad tunnel,
- stoa,
- telamon,
- threshold,
- traject,
- trajet,
- tunnel,
- underpass,
- veranda,
- vestibule