Porch

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. 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.
3. The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).
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4. A portico; a covered walk.
5. The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

Equivalents

Examples

“He sat on his porch, waiting for his friend to come⟳ over.”

“But Miss⟳ Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell⟳ her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point⟳ of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join⟳ us there.”

“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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