porous
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈpɔrəs/
:
poroso
- And it's a house disease that depends on overcrowding and living in housing that's porous to flying insects.
- porous borders
- porous media
- porous material
So if you have porous skin, this would be amazing for you guys.
- So if you have porous skin, this would be amazing for you guys.
- So they actually, you know, created a, a more porous environment.
- Now, I have to say that my memory is notoriously porous.
- It's a weird looking little silicone sponge that is obviously non porous.
- Now, why not just say get a fabric that isn't porous, that has maybe a towel Look on one side.
- But what we know, what we know about the universe is that the line between self and other is porous and blurry.
Examples
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McNamara says that borders are porous, and "our ports are wide open."
Academic text (2008) -
The rocks seem very porous.
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So if you have porous skin, this would be amazing for you guys.
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The cap, which had become soft and porous, was a lost cause.
Fiction book (1990) -
We see borders that are porous or open in the United States.
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The soil over there is too porous!
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The only downside is it's hard to clean because it's porous and sort of rough.
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The rock floor would be porous and easily eroded, but rich in nutrients.
Fiction book (1995) -
"I assumed that the inner portions of each siphon became porous," I said slowly.
Fiction book (2001) -
The sponge is very porous, allowing it to absorb water easily.
Synonyms
75
4.9
Having many small spaces between threads
4
5.8
A material that lets water or air pass through it
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4.2
Full of holes that let things pass through
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7.8
To let water, light, or air pass through
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9.6
A material like rock or bone that lets air and water pass through
1
8.7
A material with many tiny holes too small to see without a microscope
Full of small holes that let water or air pass through
Having many small holes that let water or air pass through
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Concrete that lets water pass through and is used to reduce flooding
How Porous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Porous comes from an old Greek word poros meaning 'passage' or 'pore', the same root you see in the English word pore. So something porous is full of tiny holes or spaces that let air, water, or other things pass through.