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v-uh-RAND-uh/vəˈrændə/

A veranda (also spelled verandah) is a covered platform along the outside of a house, with a roof and an open front, where you can sit. Countable: a veranda, verandas. A balcony is usually upstairs, sticking out from an upper window; a garden is the outdoor ground with plants, not a floor of the house. Mix-up: veranda vs vanilla (a flavour) — different word; British spelling: veranda or verandah.

Meaning

A covered platform along the outside of a house, with a roof and an open front.

Examples

• “We sat on the veranda and drank tea.”
• “Bring your chair onto the veranda.”
• “The veranda keeps the rain off the back door.”

Good to know

a veranda / verandah (covered, outside). Contrast: balcony (upstairs), garden (ground). Mix-up: vanilla.

Near in meaning

verandah

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