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# verandah

noun (verandahs)

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

## Everyday

A verandah is the same as a veranda: a roofed floor along the outside of a house, used for sitting outdoors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verandah/#m1)

### In the lessons

the same as veranda; a spelling used in some English books for a covered outdoor space at the front of a house

### Examples

- Then Helga stood again in the verandah. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verandah/#x1)
- In the verandah, among the flowers, she and George stood together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verandah/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

A roofed floor along the outside of a house, open to the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/V/verandah/#m1)

### Then and now

An older spelling of "veranda," which is now the usual spelling; the sense is the same as today.

### Examples

- Then Helga stood again in the verandah. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/V/verandah/#x1)
- In the verandah, among the flowers, she and George stood together; the rose-bushes concealed them. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/V/verandah/#x2)
- She stepped from the verandah through the empty hall into the next chamber, where slept strange warriors. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/V/verandah/#x3)

### Note

Today: veranda.

## On Mova

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