permeable (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *permeable*:
ADJECTIVE	all	permeable	allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through

permeable > pronunciation
Sounds	per'miyahbahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *permeable*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through.
Examples	"permeable membranes" "rock that is permeable by water"
Narrower	porous	able to absorb fluids
Narrower	semipermeable	(of a membrane / membrane) selectively permeable
See also	leaky	permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases
See also	pervious	Admitting of passage / passage or entrance
Opposite	impermeable	preventing especially liquids / liquids to pass or diffuse through
Spanish	permeable
Catalan	permeable
Nouns	permeability, permeableness	the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid / liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)

HyperDic: permeable