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carport

[kahr-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈkɑrˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /


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Her mom, Inge Allen, has a one-bedroom cottage and carport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

“In recent years, the property upgrades include a new pool heater, new hardwood floors throughout the home, a new roof on the carport, and landscaping around the property,” says Raigeul.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

The home has an attached two-car garage, a garage for a golf cart, and a detached four-car garage with a carport.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026

This week, the livestock was gone, and a black tarpaulin had been erected around the carport and the entrance to her house.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

Always got her makeup on, got a carport, double-door Frigidaire with the built-in icebox.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Many apartment buildings have a flimsy first floor, propped up by skinny supports to accommodate carports, garages or storefronts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

These are apartment buildings with carports, garages or retail stores on the ground floor, with flimsy supports that can collapse in the side-to-side shaking of an earthquake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024

You will also need to check with your homeowners association and read your deed restrictions to ensure that carports are allowed in your specific community.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

The risk is similar to that of apartment buildings where carports or garages on the ground floor are held up by weak columns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

The address that Patrolman Mancuso was looking for was the tiniest structure on the block, aside from the carports, a Lilliput of the eighties.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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