See Also: deprovincialize(dictionary)

porch (sh) and deprovincialize (iou)


porch (sh)




Roofed structure, usually open at front and sides, projecting from the face of a building and used to protect an entrance.

If colonnaded, it may be called a portico. A veranda is typically a long porch surrounded by a railing, often extending along more than one side of a building. Simple porches were exceedingly common in the domestic architecture of Britain and the U.S. from the late 18th century. In Gothic cathedrals the porch was often a small gabled structure projecting from the northern or southern walls of the nave. See also loggia, narthex.


deprovincialize (iou)



deprovincialize verb trans. Also deprovincialise. M19.
[from DE- 3 + PROVINCIALIZE.]
Remove provincial elements or character from; make broader in outlook etc.