porch
- noun
- B2
- Top 5000
A covered space built at the entrance to a house, with a roof and sometimes a raised floor, where people can stand out of the rain or sit outside.
The delivery driver left the box on the porch by the door.
We sat on the porch and watched the storm move away.
Leave your muddy boots in the porch, please.
A single lamp above the porch stayed on all night.
Common collocations: front porch · back porch · porch light · sit on the porch · screened porch · covered porch
Part of: Rooms, Buildings and places
Forms
- plural
- porches