galilee

noun

Definition of galileenext
as in portico

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  1. portico
  2. porch
  3. veranda
  4. piazza
Noun
  • The Jason Hargrove Transit Center is part of a $31 million redevelopment of a 52,000 square feet former Dairy Cattle Barn, restored portico and an outdoor space, according to the city.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
  • Whitehouse Farm stood in open fields, facing the bleak Essex salt marshes, its columned portico lit by the moon.
    Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Definition of portico
Noun
  • In the clip shared by father-of-four Jack Robertson, from Victoria in Australia, his young son Archie can be seen standing on the porch brandishing a Nerf gun as the driver from Domino's approaches.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Book Now Owl’s Nest in the Catskills Photo: Courtesy of Airbnb Atop Bramley Mountain sits the Owl’s Nest, a quaint home with a wraparound porch, a wood-burning stove, and farmhouse interiors.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of porch
Noun
  • Between the lodge’s wraparound verandas and plunge pools, birds flit, filling the dawn air with song.
    CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Large shaded verandas, mint juleps and shaded trees covered with Spanish moss had little to do with most of Arkansas.
    Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of veranda
Noun
  • At the famous Café Florian, right on the piazza, an affogato (vanilla ice cream with a shot of espresso) was 19 euro—an investment for a family of four.
    Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The 73-room property opens onto a new public piazza, the largest in the city's fashion district, lined with buzzy boutiques and restaurants.
    Kerry Olsen, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2023
Definition of piazza
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