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sun porch

also sun·porch (sŭn′pôrch′)
n.
An enclosed porch designed as a sunroom.
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sunporch

(ˈsʌnˌpɔːtʃ)
n
a room with large windows and often a glass roof, built around one of the main entrances to a building
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Noun1.sunporch - a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sunsunporch - a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
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There are three bedrooms on the second floor, plus a sunporch with views over the property.
the roof of the sunporch, the family of red-breasted
Family quarters, which run along the rear of the main floor, include a deluxe eat-in kitchen and an adjoining family room that leads to a sunporch opening to a stone-tiled terrace.
As part of the construction project, a small outdoor sitting area was expanded and enclosed to create a sunporch that is now one of Joyce's favorite spaces.
Spaces such as a family room, great room, library, dining area, kitchen, and sunporch provide residents the opportunity to move beyond the confines of their bedroom to experience a sense of community.
The property they bought nearly a year ago has a main house with a large, attached sunporch on the back, as well as a good-sized freestanding building toward the back of the lot that will be the main cattery.
If residents want some fresh air, Haley House has a sunporch, and they can explore ten acres of wooded grounds on the banks of the Paulinskill River.
Come to a screened in sunporch, but not much light here.
Fortunately, the matter of the missing document never came up, and soon the two musicians found themselves on the sunporch of a local justice of the peace, saying their vows as the sun went down.
A tiny powder-blue trailer with a screened-in sunporch built onto one side, filled with broken furniture and bags of moldering trash.
After the brooding period the young turkeys go to their sunporch. In spite of the common belief that turkeys cannot be raised on the same place with chickens, it is possible.
In keeping with the Native belief in the four compass points of the north, east, south and west, which represent the wind, sun, water and food respectively, Stephenson designed the residence to feature a gathering area which captures the northern breeze on the north side of the building, a sunporch on the east side, a second area to feature a structure using the element of water in the south, and the dining room on the west side.