sleeping porch
noun
: a porch or room having open sides or many windows arranged to permit sleeping in the open air
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What was to be our living quarters was one minuscule bedroom with a bathroom, a single closet, and a small sleeping porch for me.
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Fannie Flagg, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
My parents’ house originally had two sleeping porches, both upstairs, one east and one west.
—David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
Residential builders soon caught on, and by the early 1900s, sleeping porches were appearing in homes from Minneapolis to Brooklyn, New York.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
The second floor includes a sleeping porch and the home’s large primary bedroom, which includes a fireplace, steam shower, and whirlpool tub.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2024
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Fannie Flagg, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
My parents’ house originally had two sleeping porches, both upstairs, one east and one west.
—David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
Residential builders soon caught on, and by the early 1900s, sleeping porches were appearing in homes from Minneapolis to Brooklyn, New York.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
The second floor includes a sleeping porch and the home’s large primary bedroom, which includes a fireplace, steam shower, and whirlpool tub.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sleeping porch
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“Sleeping porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleeping%20porch. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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