Definitions for porch
pɔrtʃ, poʊrtʃporch

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. porchnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. porchnoun

   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.

2. porchnoun

   A portico; a covered walk.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Porchnoun

   Etymology: porche, Fr. porticus, Lat.

   1. A roof supported by pillars before a door; an entrance.

   Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour. Judges iii. 23.

   Not infants in the porch of life were free,
   The sick, the old, that could but hope a day
   Longer by nature’s bounty, not let stay. Ben Jonson.

   2. A portico; a covered walk.

   All this done,
   Repair to Pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Porch

   A porch (from Old French porche, from Latin porticus "colonnade", from porta "passage") is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the facade of a building it commands, and forms a low front. Alternatively, it may be a vestibule, or a projecting building that houses the entrance door of a building.Porches exist in both religious and secular architecture. There are various styles of porches, many of which depend on the architectural tradition of its location. Porches allow for sufficient space for a person to comfortably pause before entering or after exiting a building, or to relax on. Many porches are open on the outward side with balustrade supported by balusters that usually encircles the entire porch except where stairs are found. The word "porch" is almost exclusively used for a structure that is outside the main walls of a building or house. Porches can exist under the same roof line as the rest of the building, or as towers and turrets that are supported by simple porch posts or ornate colonnades and arches. Examples of porches include those found in Queen Anne style architecture, Victorian style houses, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, or any of the American Colonial style buildings and homes.Some porches are small and cover only the entrance area of a building. Other porches are larger, sometimes extending beyond an entrance by wrapping around the sides of a building, or even wrapping around completely to surround an entire building. A porch can be part of the ground floor or an upper floor, a design used in the Mrs. Lydia Johnson House (built in 1895).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Porchnoun

   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

2. Porchnoun

   a portico; a covered walk

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

FreebaseRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Porch

   A porch is external to the walls of the main building proper, but may be enclosed by screen, latticework, broad windows, or other light frame walls extending from the main structure. There are various styles of porches, all of which depend on the architectural tradition of its location. All porches will allow for sufficient space for a person to comfortably pause before entering or after exiting the building. However, they may be larger. Verandahs, for example, are usually quite large and may encompass the entire façade as well as the sides of a structure. At the other extreme, the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan has the longest porch in the world at 660 feet in length.

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1. Porch

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PORCH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Porch is ranked #10847 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Porch surname appeared 2,936 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Porch.
   
   63.6% or 1,869 total occurrences were White.
   30.5% or 896 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 82 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.1% or 63 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.4% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of porch in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of porch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of porch in a Sentence

1. Ohio Senate:

   The liberals who sit at Martha’s Vineyard sipping cocktails on their back porch think they're doing nice things for these migrants, they’re not, they're causing them all kinds of misery and horror, and why would you put people through something like that?

2. Former Vice President Joe Biden:

   We sit on our back porch and they sit out on the lawn with two chairs there, and we talk about everything that is going on in their day. And talk about being home from school. And who's driving whom crazy. And so on and so forth.

3. Chad Corby:

   He was on his front porch, screaming for help, he was tied and bound, covered in blood. He told me somebody came in, asked to borrow some money. He told them he could n’t do it. They did n’t like that answer, proceeded to beat the crap out of him, bound him, threw him in his tub, and caught his house on fire.

4. The Knoxville woman:

   I saw one walk around a corner of the porch, and I ran into the bedroom to look out the windows at the hot tub and there they were!

5. Alicia Jossey:

   I have peoples' hats on my front porch, and I have frames from people's houses and little things like caulk from somebody working on something, i have half of someone's car seat in my backyard.

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