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Examples of veranda
veranda
She stands on the front porch which is tucked under the upstairs wooden veranda.
From the dailymercury.com.au
The youths allegedly set fire to chairs under a veranda in the school courtyard.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Drink a margarita on the pecan-tree-shaded veranda of Sheller's Barrelhouse Bar.
From the chron.com
They reinstated the front veranda as an open-air space basking in afternoon sun.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Your private veranda provides for a lovely spot to just sit and take it all in.
From the cairns.com.au
Juline gave the tasting on her veranda while her young sons played in the stream.
From the guardian.co.uk
Arnie has it good up there, sitting under the veranda, watching all the people.
From the signonsandiego.com
I see a man with a grey beard sitting on a veranda, watching the world roll by.
From the couriermail.com.au
I got up, pulling on my boots and jacket, then went out and stood on the veranda.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
- A veranda or verandah is a roofed opened gallery or porch. It is also described as an open pillared gallery, generally roofed, built around a central structure. It is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure.
- Alternative spelling of verandah
- 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.
- A covered porch, balcony, platform or deck. Verandas can be quite elaborate, roundaround the house or building. Many have have ceiling fans to extent their use during hot weather.
- A roofed, open gallery or porch; a large covered porch extending along one or more sides of a building and designed for outdoor living.
- A roof-covered but otherwise open gallery, porch or balcony supported by posts
- A space alongside a house sheltered by a roof supported by columns, arches etc.
- Projection of the boards beyond the head, fore-edge and tail of a book. Sometimes known as squares.
