Porch
noun
A covered area at the front or entrance of a building.
They sat on the porch, enjoying the cool evening air.
Often appears as...
- front porch
- back porch
noun
An architectural structure projecting from the main building.
The house was designed with a sprawling porch that provided ample shade during the day.
Often appears as...
- wraparound porch
- screened porch
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Technical
noun
A covered area at the front or entrance of a building.
They sat on the porch, enjoying the cool evening air.
Often appears as...
- front porch
- back porch
noun
An architectural structure projecting from the main building.
The house was designed with a sprawling porch that provided ample shade during the day.
Often appears as...
- wraparound porch
- screened porch
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Entrance Area
Commonly used to describe an outdoor area at the building's entry point where people might sit or decorate.
Let's add some chairs to the porch for guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
In many cultures, the porch is a social space for greeting neighbors or resting.
Grandma loves to wave to people from her front porch.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Setting
Often appears in stories as a setting for casual conversations or relaxation.
They shared their first kiss on her porch swing.
Pro Tip 1/3Entrance Area
Commonly used to describe an outdoor area at the building's entry point where people might sit or decorate.
Let's add some chairs to the porch for guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
In many cultures, the porch is a social space for greeting neighbors or resting.
Grandma loves to wave to people from her front porch.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Setting
Often appears in stories as a setting for casual conversations or relaxation.
They shared their first kiss on her porch swing.
Pro Tip 1/3Entrance Area
Commonly used to describe an outdoor area at the building's entry point where people might sit or decorate.
Let's add some chairs to the porch for guests.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
In many cultures, the porch is a social space for greeting neighbors or resting.
Grandma loves to wave to people from her front porch.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Setting
Often appears in stories as a setting for casual conversations or relaxation.
They shared their first kiss on her porch swing.
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
They lived with their mom and grandfather in a two-story row home with a front lawn and a back porch. Their mom was struggling with addiction all while the boys were growing up. She never really was able to hold down a job for very long. It was their grandfather's pension that supported the family, not really enough to pay for food and clothes
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Jacqueline Woodson: What...
But here is the story within that those who left and those who stayed carried with them the history of a narrative, knew deeply that writing it down wasn't the only way they could hold on to it, knew they could sit on their porches or their stoops at the end of a long day and spin a slow tale for their children.
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Baby Siamese Crocodiles...
Cambodians could dream of earning in maybe five years or six years this farm is legal but with a price on their heads there's temptation to porch cross street from the wild so why can't we just release some of these in the world well unfortunately we don't know for sure which of these animals these beauties
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Maya Penn: Meet a young...
and I wanted to give back. My mom taught me how to sew, and on my back porch, I would sit and make little headbands out of ribbon, and I would write down the names and the price of each item. I started making more items like hats, scarves and bags. Soon, my items began selling all over the world,
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How to start your own...
to make pretty creations that were safe for the environment and I wanted to give back my mom taught me how to sew and on my back porch I would sit and make hip bands out of ribbon I write down the names and the prices of each item the first time I sold was a hip and I made
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Jeff Bezos: The...
And this was a big deal. You'd keep this on your porch. It was a little bit messy and kind of a pain. And you'd run a long cord into the house where you could screw it into your light socket. And that's actually kind of an important point in my presentation,
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Let's put birth control...
They had sacrificed a lot to give me five years of higher education. But they said, as I left home -- and I literally went down the front steps, down the porch at home -- and they said, "Even though you've had this great education,
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Garth Lenz: The true...
and he said, "When you go out on the river, do not under any circumstances eat the fish. It's carcinogenic." And yet, on the front porch of that man's cabin, I saw four fish. He had to feed his family to survive.
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Let's put birth control...
education but they said as i left home and I Shirley went down the front steps down the porch at home and they said even though you've had this great education if you decide to get married and have
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Colbert's Life in the...
said yeah me and that log go back a long way we're still friends basically just this one four will be a two-bedroom mansion with a wraparound porch I still need to gather material
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
They lived with their mom and grandfather in a two-story row home with a front lawn and a back porch. Their mom was struggling with addiction all while the boys were growing up. She never really was able to hold down a job for very long. It was their grandfather's pension that supported the family, not really enough to pay for food and clothes
Video examples
Jacqueline Woodson: What...
But here is the story within that those who left and those who stayed carried with them the history of a narrative, knew deeply that writing it down wasn't the only way they could hold on to it, knew they could sit on their porches or their stoops at the end of a long day and spin a slow tale for their children.
Video examples
Baby Siamese Crocodiles...
Cambodians could dream of earning in maybe five years or six years this farm is legal but with a price on their heads there's temptation to porch cross street from the wild so why can't we just release some of these in the world well unfortunately we don't know for sure which of these animals these beauties
Video examples
Maya Penn: Meet a young...
and I wanted to give back. My mom taught me how to sew, and on my back porch, I would sit and make little headbands out of ribbon, and I would write down the names and the price of each item. I started making more items like hats, scarves and bags. Soon, my items began selling all over the world,
Video examples
How to start your own...
to make pretty creations that were safe for the environment and I wanted to give back my mom taught me how to sew and on my back porch I would sit and make hip bands out of ribbon I write down the names and the prices of each item the first time I sold was a hip and I made
Video examples
Jeff Bezos: The...
And this was a big deal. You'd keep this on your porch. It was a little bit messy and kind of a pain. And you'd run a long cord into the house where you could screw it into your light socket. And that's actually kind of an important point in my presentation,
Video examples
Let's put birth control...
They had sacrificed a lot to give me five years of higher education. But they said, as I left home -- and I literally went down the front steps, down the porch at home -- and they said, "Even though you've had this great education,
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
and he said, "When you go out on the river, do not under any circumstances eat the fish. It's carcinogenic." And yet, on the front porch of that man's cabin, I saw four fish. He had to feed his family to survive.
Video examples
Let's put birth control...
education but they said as i left home and I Shirley went down the front steps down the porch at home and they said even though you've had this great education if you decide to get married and have
Video examples
Colbert's Life in the...
said yeah me and that log go back a long way we're still friends basically just this one four will be a two-bedroom mansion with a wraparound porch I still need to gather material
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Vivek Murthy
American Public Servant
It turns out that our ability to connect with other people is driven by our ability to connect deeply with ourselves. And that can be just a few minutes sitting on your porch feeling the breeze against your face. That can be a few moments spent in meditation or in prayer or remembering three things you're grateful for.
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Zack Greinke
American Athlete
To wake up when the sun comes up and enjoy that and then, when the sun goes down, to have a nice property or house where I could watch it on my porch when I'm older. It would be peaceful.
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Jason Mitchell
American Actor
I've lived so much life as a young man. New Orleans, we got terms, and one's like, 'He jumped off the porch early.' That's kind of what happened to me. I had to grow up really quick.
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Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.
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Shannon Sharpe
American Athlete
I don't know if Rush Limbaugh knows the difference between a screen porch and a screen play.
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Diane Greene
American Businesswoman
One of the happiest times of my life, I lived in a tent on a porch on Hawaii.
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Garth Brooks
American Singer
I'm very square and proud of it. The flag stays on the porch here.
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Sally Rand
American Actress
I'm not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.
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Harold E. Varmus
American Scientist
My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.
Quote examples
Vivek Murthy
American Public Servant
It turns out that our ability to connect with other people is driven by our ability to connect deeply with ourselves. And that can be just a few minutes sitting on your porch feeling the breeze against your face. That can be a few moments spent in meditation or in prayer or remembering three things you're grateful for.
Quote examples
Zack Greinke
American Athlete
To wake up when the sun comes up and enjoy that and then, when the sun goes down, to have a nice property or house where I could watch it on my porch when I'm older. It would be peaceful.
Quote examples
Jason Mitchell
American Actor
I've lived so much life as a young man. New Orleans, we got terms, and one's like, 'He jumped off the porch early.' That's kind of what happened to me. I had to grow up really quick.
Quote examples
Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.
Quote examples
Johnny Depp
American Actor
I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.
Quote examples
Shannon Sharpe
American Athlete
I don't know if Rush Limbaugh knows the difference between a screen porch and a screen play.
Quote examples
Diane Greene
American Businesswoman
One of the happiest times of my life, I lived in a tent on a porch on Hawaii.
Quote examples
Garth Brooks
American Singer
I'm very square and proud of it. The flag stays on the porch here.
Quote examples
Sally Rand
American Actress
I'm not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.
Quote examples
Harold E. Varmus
American Scientist
My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.
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