porch
noun
[ pɔːtʃ ]
• a covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building.
• "the north porch of Hereford Cathedral"
Similar:
vestibule,
foyer,
entrance,
entrance hall,
entry,
portal,
portico,
lobby,
anteroom,
ramada,
stoop,
sleepout,
mandapam,
lanai,
narthex,
galilee,
peristyle,
stoa,
colonnade,
porte cochère,
tambour,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French porche, from Latin porticus ‘colonnade’, from porta ‘passage’.
