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porch.

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.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɔːtʃ/Received-Pronunciation/pɔɹt͡ʃ/General-American/po(ː)ɹtʃ//poətʃ/
  1. 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.

Where this word comes from

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

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