Meaning of Porch | Babel Free
pɔːtʃDefinitions
- A surname.
- 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.
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The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught). with-definite-article
- A portico; a covered walk.
- 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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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