PORCH

porch

(noun) a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

porch (plural porches)

(architecture) A covered and enclosed 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 portico; a covered walk.

The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

Synonyms

• see porch

Proper noun

Porch (plural Porches)

A surname.

(with definite article) The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).

Synonym: Portico

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Porch is the 10847^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2936 individuals. Porch is most common among White (63.66%) and Black/African American (30.52%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

Porch, n. Etym: [F. porche, L. porticus, fr. porta a gate, entrance, or passage. See Port a gate, and cf. Portico.]

1. (Arch.)

Definition: A covered and inclosed 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. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia. The graceless Helen in the porch I spied Of Vesta's temple. Dryden.

2. A portico; a covered walk. [Obs.] Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find find us. Shak. The Porch, a public portico, or great hall, in Athens, where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples; hence, sometimes used as equivalent to the school of the Stoics. It was called "h poiki`lh stoa`. [See Poicile.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition