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porous

/ˈpɔɹəs/adjective2 syllables

Porous means: full of pores or vessels or holes.

Synonyms for porous5

adjective, as in full of pores or vessels or holes

poriferous, porose

adjective, as in allowing passage in and out

holey, leaky

adjective, as in able to absorb fluids

permeable

Opposites of porous

nonporous

What does porous mean?3

adjective

1

full of pores or vessels or holes

2

allowing passage in and out“our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous”

3

able to absorb fluids“the partly porous walls of our digestive system”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with porous?3

two syllables

morrischorushorace
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Porous in a sentence

  • The countries have competing claims to villages and towns along the porous, undefined border.Cangarejo
  • White glue can be used on any smooth, porous surface.nana2capriccio
  • The Colorado silver lodes are porous at the surface and colored more or less red or green.Cangarejo

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