Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
porch |
noun |
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., A portico; a covered walk. |
pored |
imp. & past participle |
of Pore |
porer |
noun |
One who pores. |
porgy |
noun |
The scup., The sailor’s choice, or pinfish., The margate fish., The spadefish., Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish. |
porta |
noun |
The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus., The foramen of Monro. |
porte |
noun |
The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan’s palace at which justice was administered. |