PORTICO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: porticoes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("portico" is a kind of...):

porch (a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "portico"):

narthex (portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church)

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