porous
AdjectiveUS[paw-ruhs]/ˈpɔrəs/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- able to absorb fluids“the partly porous walls of our digestive system”“compacting the soil to make it less porous”Opposite impermeableSimilar permeable
- full of pores or vessels or holesSynonyms: poriferousSimilar porose
- allowing passage in and out“our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous”Synonyms: holeyOpposite tightSimilar leaky
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Por′ous adjective
Origin: Cf. F. poreux. See Pore, noun
Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood. “The veins of porous earth.” John Milton
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54