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# portico

«portico» in Mova's school dictionary: **a roof held up by columns, forming a covered porch at the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (porticos or porticoes)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «portico» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portico/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.