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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An open-sided shelter for an automotive vehicle, usually formed by a roof projecting from the side of a building.

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  • noun A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles

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Examples

  • The latter is that we would have to find a place to garage it while we are away - our house has a fenced-in carport, but the car is still visible from the street.

    To take the car or not to take the car 2004

  • As she leaves, waiting for her under the carport is a slight 17-year- old.

    Yearning for Love 2007

  • As she leaves, waiting for her under the carport is a slight 17-year- old.

    Yearning for Love 2007

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  • The carport was a big, flat expanse of lawn, a variant of mutant grass, which could take an infinite amount of trampling.

    A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968

  • The carport was a big, flat expanse of lawn, a variant of mutant grass, which could take an infinite amount of trampling.

    A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968

  • I have seen some places online where my tunnel COULD be defined as a carport, and other places where it doesn't fit at all.

    BiggerPockets Forums 2010

  • Apparently, a carport is the ideal solution to exotic car storage and one's just won a prize for its Maserati-sheltering abilities.

    Jalopnik: Top 2009

  • Police said the carport is a hangout for the Muhammad family street gang, which has a rivalry with the Dog Pound.

    Home 2008

  • Laura That "carport" thingie and the garage doors remind me of a funeral home.

    Technicalities Teresa 2010

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