Porch or Veranda?

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Porch or Veranda?
Porch or Veranda?

Here are some definitions to help you keep things straight:

PORCH – An exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.

VERANDA (Also verandah) (Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.) A large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house.

STOOP – a small porch or platform at the entrance to a house, or the steps leading up to it.

DECK -- an open, unroofed porch or platform extending from a house or other building.

PIAZZA – 1) (Chiefly New England and Inland Southern U.S.) A large porch on a house; veranda.
2) (Chiefly British) an arcade or covered walk or gallery, as around a public square or in front of a building.

PORTICO -- a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.

LANAI – (Hawaiian) A veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.

PORCHE -- High performance German sports car designed by Ferdinand Porche, who also designed the Volkswagen Beetle at the request of Adolf Hitler for his brand new autobahn.

VERANDAH PORCHE – High performance American poet. If you don’t know her, that’s your loss. You should: verandahporche.com/

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Taken on: November 13, 2021
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