Definitions
a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
Word origin
From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”). Doublet of porch, portego, and porticus.
Used in a sentence
“The amphitheatre hath two portici as that at Niſmes.”
“The long-closed G.W.R. station alongside has a decidedly derelict-looking frontage, with eight gargoyles or figureheads still clinging to the portico.”
“[…] Porticus Milliaria (portico of the thousand paces) which was the longest, if not the most attractive, of the many portici of ancient Rome.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Columned entrance”7 letters
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