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portico — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arcade noun A covered passage or row of shops, often lined with arches, or a venue with coin-operated games.
  • gallery noun A room or building used to display works of art.
  • loggia noun A roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level.
  • porch noun A covered structure at the entrance of a building, sometimes with its own roof.
  • portico noun A roofed structure supported by columns, forming a porch at the entrance of a building.
  • stoop verb To bend the body forward and down.

Senses

portico is used for these senses in English:

  • arcade (architecture) A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.
  • gallery A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
  • loggia (architecture) A roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level.
  • porch (architectural element) 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.
  • portico A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
  • stoop (architecture, chiefly, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also, Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.

gallery — full definition

  1. noun A room or building used to display works of art.
  2. noun A balcony or raised area of seating in a theater or hall, often the cheapest or highest seats.
  3. noun A group of spectators, especially at a golf tournament.

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