PORCH
\pˈɔːt͡ʃ], \pˈɔːtʃ], \p_ˈɔː_tʃ]\
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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.
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A portico; a covered walk.
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A covered way or entrance: a portico at the entrance of churches and other buildings: the public porch in the forum of Athens where Zeno the Stoic taught: (fig.) the Stoic philosophy.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Latin] A kind of vestibule at the entrance of temples, halls, churches, or other buildings; hence, a stately or ornamental entrance way;—a portico; a covered walk, The Porch, a public portico in Athens, where Zeno the Stoic philosopher taught; hence, the school of the Stoics.
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