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1. n. 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. n. A portico; a covered walk.
3. n. a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
4. 1. (Arch.) 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. The graceless Helen in the porch I spied Of Vesta's temple. Dryden. 2. A portico; a covered walk. [Obs.] Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find find us. Shak. The Porch, a public portico, or great hall, in Athens, where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples; hence, sometimes used as equivalent to the school of the Stoics. It was called "h poiki`lh stoa`. [See Poicile.]
5. A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether takenfrom the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the mainwall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes theporch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriageporch, under Carriage, and Loggia.The graceless Helen in the porch I spied Of Vesta's temple. Dryden.
6. n:100 n. a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance