Definition of Back porch

1. Noun. A porch for the back door.

Generic synonyms: Porch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Back Porch

back of foot reflex
back of one's mind
back off
back office
back on to
back onto
back out
back pack
back page
back pain
back payment
back payments
back porch (current term)
back post
back pressure
back projection
back projections
back road
back room
back row
back rows
back scrubber
back seat
back seats
back slap
back stairs
back stories

Literary usage of Back porch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"back porch. The second floor contains four good-sized chambers, each with a closet or a Dressing-room. As the partitions arc similar to those on the first ..."

2. Community Hygiene by Woods Hutchinson (1920)
"The back porch and summer kitchen. A most important part of the house is the back porch, ... A well-screened back porch where the refrigerator can stand, ..."

3. Grammar & Punctuation by Jo Ellen Moore (2002)
"The frightened puppy hid under the back porch. The birthday candles with red stripes were flickering. The thirsty boy drank the juice in one swallow. ..."

4. Affray at Brownsville, Tex by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs (1907)
"Q. So a person could come down from upstairs upon that back porch ?—A. Yes, sir. Q. And on the back porch and step off on the road between the barracks? ..."

5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"He sauntered off the wide back porch toward the front of the house. ... He uttered an exclamation and returned hurriedly to the back porch to verify his ..."

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