veranda
/vəˈrandə
/(also verandah)
noun
1A roofed platform along the outside of a house, level with the ground floor: I’ll be on the veranda...
- Meals are served in the house, on the veranda, or on mats placed on the ground outside the house.
- It is further supported by ‘front-of-house’ outdoor living spaces such as porches, verandahs, and courtyards.
- Meet me outside on the veranda when you finish eating, please.
1.1Australian /NZ A roof over the pavement in front of a shop.I remember the ice melting on the front verandah....
- There was a verandah out the front where we sipped our milkshakes and watched the utes driving past.
- Rows of leopards with bared teeth and hammered spots decorate shop verandahs.
Derivatives
verandaed
- Was there really a market, even in Sri Lanka, for a genuine, galleried, verandahed and slightly dog-eared, colonial hotel?
- When not flying, the Lancers frequented the game tables in their verandaed ops shack north of Wing.
- The street they walk along is open on the left hand side with verandahed shops on the other side.
Origin
Early 18th century: from Hindi varaṇḍā, from Portuguese varanda 'railing, balustrade'.
This is from Hindi varanḍā, which was borrowed from Portuguese varanda ‘railing, balustrade’.