sleeping porch

noun

Definition of sleeping porchnext
as in sunroom

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Recent Examples of sleeping porch Highlights include a media room and a sleeping porch, along with a spacious fireside living room topped with a statement chandelier. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 May 2025 This home has three bedrooms and a sleeping porch, two and a half bathrooms, a fireplace, a lawn, and deck. — Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2025 My parents’ house originally had two sleeping porches, both upstairs, one east and one west. — David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024 Residential builders soon caught on, and by the early 1900s, sleeping porches were appearing in homes from Minneapolis to Brooklyn, New York. — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for sleeping porch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleeping porch
  1. sunroom
  2. solarium
  3. sunporch
  4. porte cochere
  5. portico
Noun
  • Newer additions include a sunroom, home theater, gym, smart-home technology, and a glass elevator.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 July 2026
  • Their living room had once been a sunroom, the bathroom had clearly been added later, and the room serving as their child’s bedroom had originally been designed as a dining room.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Definition of sunroom
Noun
  • The chic solarium vibe is enhanced by the showstopping steel-and-glass roof that gazes up to five floors of apartments with baby-blue shutters.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026
  • The ocean-facing solarium was not only a bit of architectural derring-do by Goldman but also one of Mitchell’s creative spaces; photographs by Henry Diltz show her painting at an easel beside the glass doors that open to the beachside pool and spa.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
Definition of solarium
Noun
  • After Alex’s death, a youth who was placed in the Bailey home a few months before the crash said that Bailey allegedly often drank and slept on the sunporch.
    — Ginny Monk, courant.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • In the early 1800s, the family created a common roof and sided the two cabins and built a sunporch.
    — Taylor M. Riley, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2018
Definition of sunporch
Noun
  • There’s also a porte cochere and parking garage for seamless coming and going without any risk of paparazzi or rabid Beliebers.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 7 July 2026
  • Patients access the complex — created by merging a former law office, funeral home, car dealership and Dunkin’ Donuts — by driving around back where a porte cochere leads into a soaring atrium.
    — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025
Definition of porte cochere
Noun
  • The stunning front entry makes a statement with an arched portico, columns, a bluestone walkway, stone surrounds and sidelights on both sides of the custom front door, all framed by hydrangeas and daylilies.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
  • The old porticos were opened up and made into glass doors during recent renovation renovations.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2026
Definition of portico

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“Sleeping porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleeping%20porch. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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