as in verandah
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a row of columns supporting a roof at the entrance of a building
Entry to the mansion is through a lavish portico.
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Recent Examples of portico
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.
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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
But once construction is complete on the valet portico, likely in mid-October, Nobu will have an all-ages entrance, as well.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
The journey is accessed through a route along twenty-three porticoes (portici, in Italian), arcades that serve as the entrance to each region.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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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
But once construction is complete on the valet portico, likely in mid-October, Nobu will have an all-ages entrance, as well.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
The journey is accessed through a route along twenty-three porticoes (portici, in Italian), arcades that serve as the entrance to each region.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for portico
Noun
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Photo : Jemma Wild The Cliff Suite terrace overlooking the bush.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
16 Jan. 2025
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When Jordan Williams purchased his diamond-in-the-rough Greenwich Village apartment, a 900-square-foot one-bedroom duplex with a massive terrace in Manhattan, his mother gave him some helpful advice: hire an interior designer.—
Morgan Goldberg,
Architectural Digest,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The rooftop balcony was built in lieu of a front porch because of the violence in the neighborhood, Williams said.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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According to Josef, a preliminary investigation determined that the incident started inside the residence and continued outside onto the front porch of the home.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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It was built in 1972, a single-story brick building with a perfunctory colonnade and parking in the rear.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Feb. 2024
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The Vatican, with its life-sized creche and giant Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square and outdoor exhibit of nativity scenes in the Bernini colonnade ringing it, qualifies as an at-risk target.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Portico.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portico. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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