Definitions for portico

portico por·ti·co

Spelling: [pawr-ti-koh, pohr-]
IPA: /ˈpɔr tɪˌkoʊ, ˈpoʊr-/

Portico is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in portico (ciooprt).

Definitions for portico

noun

  1. a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.

Origin of portico

1595-1605; Italian Latin porticus porch, portico. See port4

Examples for portico

In the meantime Henriette had reached the portico and was about to pass out into the street.

The scarred wooden pillars of its portico were hidden with bunting.

And he slept in the temple, in the portico thereof, as sound as a muleteer.

If you'll go out on the portico, he'll join you in a moment.

We stepped up on the portico of the big house and I rang the bell.

In the portico is the colossal statue of Constantine the Great.

With regard to the fluted pillars in the portico, my dears—'

In a few moments she joined him under the portico of the hotel.

The Poecile was a portico; portico in Greek is stoa, hence the name of Stoic.

Peter made his way downstairs, and out of the front door to the portico.

Word Value for portico
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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