sunporch

noun

sun·​porch ˈsən-ˌpȯrch How to pronounce sunporch (audio)
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: a screened-in or glassed-in porch with a sunny exposure

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Dobbertin’s new Pearl showcase Best Quality Daughter is like floating through dreamscapes, one room a gauzy pink remembrance of wallpapered family dinners, another room a sunporch escape, another in honeyed wood tones and blue velvet for deep conversation or just tacky gossip. — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 25 Nov. 2020 The setting can change: A sunporch, a park, a lawn, a beach all work. — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2022

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1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sunporch was in 1887

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