<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.</li><li>A veranda.</li><li>The Porch, the portico or stoa in the agora of ancient Athens, where the Stoic philosopher Zeno of Citium and his followers met.</li><li>Obsolete: a portico.</li></ul>