porch
//pɔːtʃ//
Forms
- Plural
- porches
Definitions
1.A portico; a covered walk.
2.The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
- By the time he had put on the backpack, McDivitt was ready to let him do more, to stand on the porch at least.
3.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.
- He sat on his porch, waiting for his friend to come over.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3788
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”).
Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.