Meaning & use
verandah
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a roofed, open-sided platform or gallery attached to the outside of a house, typically along the front or side.
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They spent the evening rocking on the verandah, watching the sun go down.
The old plantation house had a wide verandah supported by white columns.
A note on using this word
Verandah is a variant spelling of 'veranda,' both traceable through Hindi and Portuguese back to an origin in South Asian architecture.
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