(architecture) A covered 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. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

plural of porch

Having a porch

plural of Porch

A surname. / (with definite article) The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).

A surname.

(idiomatic, offensive, ethnic slur) A lazy black person.

plural of porch monkey

A porch at the rear of a building.

plural of front porch