"back porch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: back porches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} back porch (plural back porches)
  1. A porch at the rear of a building. Synonyms: backporch
    Sense id: en-back_porch-en-noun-W7HOLzV6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
  2. (television) The portion of each scan line between the end (rising edge) of the horizontal sync pulse and the start of active video, used to restore the black level reference in analog video. Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-back_porch-en-noun-0i4htwU4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: broadcasting, media, television

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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