porch

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɔːtʃ/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɔɹt͡ʃ/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /po(ː)ɹtʃ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /poətʃ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃ === Noun === porch (plural porches) (architecture) A covered 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. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings. A portico; a covered walk. The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft. ==== Synonyms ==== see Thesaurus:porch ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === loggia porte-cochère