carport
Synonym discussion
Sense: noun/1
For noun sense 1, carport is the everyday word for a covered place where a car stands beside a house, but the sides stay partly open. A garage is more enclosed and often has walls and a door, so people also use it for storage or repairs. A driveway is simply the area you drive onto and may have no roof at all. A canopy is mainly the covering overhead, not always a full parking space. A shed is usually for tools, bikes, or garden things rather than daily parking. Use carport when the key idea is easy access with weather cover: We left the car under the carport. Use garage when the car is inside a closed space.
Common collocations
Nouns
- carport roof
- carport post
- carport space
Phrases
- park in the carport
- pull under the carport
- fit under the carport
Prepositions
- under the carport
- in the carport
- beside the carport
Etymology
Carport is a modern English compound formed from car and port. It was created to name a place where a car can be kept under cover without building a fully enclosed garage. In present-day English, speakers use the whole word for an open-sided structure beside a house.