English Explanatory Dictionary

porous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
  2. With many gaps or loopholes.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɔːɹəs/ /ˈpɔɹəs/ [ˈpɔ.ɹəs] /ˈpoːɹəs/ en-au-porous.ogg

Word forms

porous more porous most porous

Etymology

From Old French poros, from Latin porus (“an opening”). By surface analysis, pore + -ous.

Synonyms

permeable

Derived words

aporous biporous electroporous hyperporous imporous macroporous mesoporous microporous monoporous multiporous nanoporous nonporous polyporous poromeric porosity porously porousness porous portal pseudoporous semiporous subporous uniporous unporous
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