porch

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
2. 2
   A portico; a covered walk.
3. 3
   The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).