porch

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From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (portico). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.

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porch (plural porches)

The porch of the William G. Harrison House.
  1. (architecture) 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.
  2. A portico; a covered walk.
  3. The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
    • 2012, Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, Loyd S. Swenson, Chariots for Apollo:
      By the time he had put on the backpack, McDivitt was ready to let him do more—to stand on the porch at least.

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