pore
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- noun
- /pɔr/
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poro
- After the treatment, my skin felt fresh as the pores were unclogged.
- pores of the skin
- open pores
- small pores
Next thing I'll do is a pore release toner.
- Next thing I'll do is a pore release toner.
- And this just made my pores look so noticeable.
- The exfoliant helps really get into the pores and get rid of that dead skin.
- Also, I picked up some Bio deep cleansing pore strips for your nose.
- But I'm telling you, my pores were visibly gone.
Examples
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Their faces were so clean you could almost discern the individual pores of their skin.
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So almost feel like my pores are not looking that great.
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What we see is that there's a very small pore here, OK?
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But it just made my pores look really really bad.
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You need the area to make your pores appear smaller.
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So much detail, you can even see the pores on this guy's face.
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The pores are too dry.
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Matias, I can see the pores on your face.
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Well at least my pores are glowing now.
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My pores are not doing well in lockdown, so...
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A kind of mushroom that grows on dead wood and has a pore-covered surface that releases spores
- Specialized
A woody mushroom with many small tubes or holes under it that hold spores
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Pore comes from an old Greek word poros, meaning 'passage' or 'small hole'. So a pore is a tiny passage in the skin or a material that lets liquid or gas pass through.