Veranda
[və'rændə]
Definition
(noun.) a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed).
Editor: Lou--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia.
Typist: Stephanie
Definition
n. a kind of covered balcony or open portico with a roof sloping beyond the main building supported by light pillars.
Edited by Jimmy
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being on a veranda, denotes that you are to be successful in some affair which is giving you anxiety. For a young woman to be with her lover on a veranda, denotes her early and happy marriage. To see an old veranda, denotes the decline of hopes, and disappointment in business and love.
Checked by Keith
Unserious Contents or Definition
An open-air enclosure often used as a spoon-holder.
Edited by Fergus
Examples
- He did not recognize the man, but he understood the words and was upon the veranda in a bound. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A sort of tiled veranda extended along one side of it, lined by several windows and two doors. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The men stood silent for some moments and then slowly turned and walked back to the hotel veranda. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The men upon the veranda had sat for an hour, almost in silence. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The whole garden was alive with people, and one fellow raised a view-halloa as we emerged from the veranda and followed hard at our heels. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- On the other side was the door which communicated with the veranda. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The girl nodded and started toward the door leading to the narrow veranda of the little hotel. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Checker: Norris