Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun porte-cochere

2 senses of porte-cochere

Sense 1
porte-cochere -- (a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard)
       => entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree -- (something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral")

Sense 2
porte-cochere -- (canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles)
       => canopy -- (a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather)