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verandah

/vəˈɹændə/

verandah is the alternative spelling of veranda.

Meaning of veranda

Noun

veranda (plural verandas)

  1. A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
    • Boulte ate his breakfast, advised her to see her Arab pony fed in the veranda, and went out.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 66

Forms of verandah

pluralverandahs

Words formed from verandah

Questions about verandah

What is verandah the alternative spelling of?
Verandah is the alternative spelling of veranda.
How do you pronounce verandah?
Verandah is pronounced /vəˈɹændə/.

Words near verandah in the dictionary

  1. Veraguas
  2. veraison
  3. veralipride
  4. veranda
  5. verandaed
  6. verandah
  7. verandahed
  8. verandahless
  9. verandahs
  10. verandaless
  11. verandas

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