portico

Definition of Portico in English :

1. portico

a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Portico

noun plural -coes or -cos

1.

a covered entrance to a building; porch

2.

a covered walkway in the form of a roof supported by columns or pillars, esp one built on to the exterior of a building

nounWord forms: plural ˈportiˌcoes or ˈportiˌcos

a porch or covered walk, consisting of a roof supported by columns, often at the entrance or across the front of a building; colonnade

n. pl. por·ti·coes or por·ti·cos

A porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns, often leading to the entrance of a building.