noun
porch
PORCH/pɔːrtʃ/
A covered area attached to the outside of a building, usually at an entrance.
The covered porch extends from the house's entrance above the front steps.
Etymology
Porticus named a covered gallery or walk, often between columns. The entrance sense retains that sheltered architectural space, locating it before a building's doorway.
In context
then turns into the porch and then goes across the porch but there's a there's a bump on the threshold that goes into the the main house
More examples
- Please leave the package on the front porch.
- Their screened porch keeps mosquitoes out.
- Several houses on our street have wide porches.
Forms
porch · porches