Phrase guide

back porch

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A porch at the rear of a building.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The portion of each scan line between the end (rising edge) of the horizontal sync pulse and the start of active video, used to restore the black level reference in analog video.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media, television

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a porch for the back door

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: porch

History

Etymology

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