| ADJECTIVE | all | porous | able to absorb fluids |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | porous, poriferous | full of pores / pores or vessels or holes | |
| all | porous, holey | allowing passage / passage in and out |
| Sounds | pao'rahs | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | able to absorb fluids. | |
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| Broader | permeable | Allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through |
| Spanish | poroso | |
| Catalan | porós | |
| Nouns | porosity, porousness | the property of being porous |
| Meaning | Full of pores / pores or vessels or holes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | poriferous | |
| Narrower | porose | forming a continuous series of pores / pores |
| Opposite | nonporous | not porous |
| Spanish | poroso | |
| Catalan | porós | |
| Nouns | pore | any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal |
| porosity | the property of being porous | |
| Meaning | Allowing passage / passage in and out. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous" | |
| Synonym | holey | |
| Broader | leaky | permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases |
| Spanish | poroso | |
| Catalan | porós | |
| Nouns | pore | any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid / liquid (fluid or gas) |
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