porch

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
porch/pɔːtʃ/

▶noun

• 1 a covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building.

• 2 N. Amer. a veranda.

– derivatives
porched adjective,
porchless adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. porche, from L. porticus ‘colonnade’, from porta ‘passage’.