Definition of porchnext
as in piazza
a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building vacationers relaxing on the inn's spacious front porch

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Recent Examples of porch Spiotti reportedly positioned his right knee on Jackson’s back as Jackson lay face down on the porch, police bodycam footage shows. Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026 The Johnsons enjoy their mornings with a stroll around the community, sometimes with a coffee on their porch and other times just by watching TV on their couch at home. Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026 Children play outside while neighbors talk across porches. Robbie Owens, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026 Then, the Eufy SoloCam C210 two-pack security camera is 25% off, giving you subscription-free 2K security for your porch. Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for porch
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Noun
  • The campus, like other KLA Schools, will have a piazza to serve as a gathering place for students and families and an atelier to encourage collaboration and creativity.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Italian piazzas are covered by retractable, UV-filtering canopies, deployed each morning like futuristic umbrellas against an invisible downpour.
    Big Think, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The architect revised plans slightly since the last commission meeting, removing stairs that would have extended from the ballroom’s south portico.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Columns along the portico will block interior views and natural daylight.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Beetz stars as Asia, a young woman who turns up on the stoop of a high-end Manhattan apartment building, the Virgil, answering an ad for a maid job.
    Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
  • At 74, McDonald walks slowly with a slight stoop, but his mind is still razor sharp.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This Near Northside eatery still has seats open in its dining room, enclosed veranda and (weather permitting) outside patio Easter Sunday.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The farm buildings on the property—long verandas, shearing sheds, and concrete kennels—are old and decayed, remnants from long before the group showed up.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026

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“Porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porch. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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