1
: a covered area adjoining an entrance to a building and usually having a separate roof
2
obsolete
: portico
Examples of porch in a Sentence
The house has a large front porch.
vacationers relaxing on the inn's spacious front porch
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Indeed, the dogs didn't even reach the end of the porch before managing to wind up tangled and in need of help.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
The porch where the parents talked to their neighbors: gone.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 28 July 2025
Sit on the porch for a spell and swing your worries away.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
Iowa has added newer buildings since the 1990s, giving the Fairgrounds a cleaner feel, but the lovely front porch on the Admin Building will always be the centerpiece to me.
—Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
The porch where the parents talked to their neighbors: gone.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 28 July 2025
Sit on the porch for a spell and swing your worries away.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
Iowa has added newer buildings since the 1990s, giving the Fairgrounds a cleaner feel, but the lovely front porch on the Admin Building will always be the centerpiece to me.
—Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for porch
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“Porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porch. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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porch
noun
ˈpōrch 
ˈpȯrch
: a covered entrance to a building usually with a separate roof
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