porch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A covered 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. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

   He sat on his porch, waiting for his friend to come over.

2. 2
   noun

   The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

   By the time he had put on the backpack, McDivitt was ready to let him do more—to stand on the porch at least.

3. 3
   noun

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

4. 4
   noun

   A portico; a covered walk.

5. 5
   name

   A surname.

6. 6
   name

   The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).

Etymology

From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.