portico
See also: pórtico
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtɪkəʊ/
Noun
portico (plural porticos or porticoes)
- A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
- 1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom Chapter 3
- The great house itself was a large, white, wooden building, with wings on three sides of it. In front, a large portico, extending the entire length of the building, and supported by a long range of columns, gave to the whole establishment an air of solemn grandeur.
- 1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom Chapter 3
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:porch
Derived terms
Translations
small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building
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