Definitions for veranda

veranda ve·ran·da

Spelling: [vuh-ran-duh]
IPA: /vəˈræn də/

Veranda 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 veranda (aadenrv).

Definitions for veranda

noun

  1. Also, verandah. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.
  2. piazza.

Origin of veranda

1705-15; Hindi baraṇḍā, barāmdā Persian bar āmadaḥ coming out (unless the Hindi word is Portuguese varanda, Spanish baranda railing, balustrade; cf. bar1)

Examples for veranda

The kind of suit that suggests sipping mint juleps on the veranda or Campari in a Roman piazza.

After the meal they all adjourned to the veranda, where the air was cool and the view extensive.

The veranda, roofless and open to the bitter blue sky where the seasonal gu rains sputter, serves as a makeshift neonatal ward.

He went across to the hotel, tied the gelding at the rack, and sat down on the veranda.

After dinner they went out to the veranda and the gentlemen smoked.

But the heat of noon, after the cool shade of the veranda, was terrific.

“God Bless You,” read a hand painted banner hung from a veranda on handsome Flamengo beach.

She then quietly makes her way back to the veranda and lights another cigarette as if the last five minutes never even happened.

They saw him from the veranda, and Miss Briscoe called to him in welcome.

"I think I'll wait for you on the veranda, children," said Mrs. Gray.

Word Value for veranda
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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