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Porch

A covered and inclosed 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. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Deck 76% connected

To cover; to overspread.

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Gallery 76% connected

A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by…

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Portico 76% connected

A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building.

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Stoop 76% connected

Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight o…

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Veranda 76% connected

An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia.

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Containing whole 1

House 70% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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