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PORTICO
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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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