porch
A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort…A covered 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. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
» Tom is out on the porch.
Том на вулиці на веранді.
Meaning
3 sensesA covered 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. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
He sat on his porch, waiting for his friend to come over.
Vorbau, Vordach, Veranda
крыльцо́krylʹcó, вера́ндаveránda
ґа́нокgánok, вера́ндаveránda
a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
A portico; a covered walk.
по́ртикpórtik, кры́тая галере́яkrýtaja galeréja
The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
Examples
437 sentencesTom is out on the porch.
Том на вулиці на веранді.
Tom and Mary are on the porch.
Том із Мері на веранді.
ruТом и Мэри на веранде.
Tom is talking with Mary on the porch.
Том розмовляє з Мері на веранді.
Tom is having lunch with Mary on the porch.
Том обідає на ганку з Мері.
Mary and the other women are on the porch, gossiping.
Мері та інші жінки пліткують на веранді.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of pFrom Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.
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Forms
plural: porchesSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
24 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- on the porch
- the front porch
- front porch
- porch reading a
- the porch reading
- porch reading
- on her porch
- front porch reading
- the porch talking
- the back porch
- porch and reading
- porch talking to