Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back porch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: back- -porch
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A porch at the rear of a building.

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

back porches (plural) backporch (alternative)

Questions

What does back porch mean?: A porch at the rear of a building.

How to pronounce back porch

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