porch : Idioms & Phrases

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back porch

  • noun a porch for the back door
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Carriage porch

  • (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-cochère.
Webster 1913

front porch

  • noun a porch for the front door
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front-porch campaign

  • noun a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel
    front-porch campaign.
    • William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896
    • her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign
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front-porch campaigning

  • noun a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel
    front-porch campaign.
    • William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896
    • her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign
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sun porch

  • noun a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun
    sunroom; sun parlor; sun lounge; solarium; sun parlour; sunporch.
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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.]
Webster 1913