porch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

WordNet

Porch noun
Etymology
F. porche, L. porticus, fr. porta a gate, entrance, or passage. See Port a gate, and cf. Portico.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913