FRONT PORCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does front porch mean? 

• FRONT PORCH (noun)
  The noun FRONT PORCH has 1 sense:

1. a porch for the front door

  Familiarity information: FRONT PORCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRONT PORCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A porch for the front door

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("front porch" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Before the one window, looking out on the tiny front porch, was the kitchen table that served as desk, library, and type-writing stand.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Next he attempted the tiny front porch, until a howling southeaster drenched the wheel a night-long.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She boxed the ears of the Silvas who crowded about the visitors on the tiny front porch, and in more than usual atrocious English tried to apologize for her appearance.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The front was broken by a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold, and wide open to the warm windy afternoon, and Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)