porches

/P AO1 R CH AH0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    A covered and enclosed 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.

  2. 2

    A portico; a covered walk.

  3. 3

    The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

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