Porch word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "porch" word

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

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\Porch\, n. [F. porche, L. porticus, fr. porta a gate, entrance, or passage. See {Port} a gate, and cf. {Portico}.] 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}.]

Related terms: ambry, apse, archway, back door, baptistery, barway, blindstory, bulkhead, carriage entrance, cellar door, cellarway, chancel, choir, cloisters, confessional, confessionary, crypt, diaconicon, diaconicum, door, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, Easter sepulcher, French door, front door, gallery, gate, gatepost, gateway, hatch, hatchway, lanai, lintel, nave, patio, piazza, portal, porte cochere, postern, presbytery, propylaeum, pylon, rood loft, rood stair, rood tower, sacrarium, sacristy, scuttle, side door, sleeping porch, solarium, stile, stoop, storm door, sun porch, threshold, tollgate, transept, trap, trap door, triforium, turnpike, turnstile, veranda, vestry

The fun area, different aproach to word »porch«

Let's analyse "porch" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and One vowel. 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: HCROP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1295 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .--. --- .-. -.-. ....

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: porch: 6 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: porch: 7 + 6 + 9 + 3 + 8 = 33, reduced: 33, and the final result is Thirty-Three.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
H (1)	8	Strength	Couragous, Faithful, Caring
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong

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