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# portico

noun (porticos or porticoes)

«portico» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A portico is a roof held up by columns, forming a covered porch at the front of a grand building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portico/#m1)

### In the lessons

the covered entrance of a palace or temple, where people wait or walk in the shade

### Examples

- The guests waited under the portico. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portico/#x1)
- Tall pillars held up the portico. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portico/#x2)
- The bird slept on a branch near the portico. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portico/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «portico» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portico/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«portico» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/portico.html) on Mova free.