porous

Speech parts

1. porous - Noun

2. porous - Adjective

3. porous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

permeable holey perforated absorbent spongy penetrable honeycombed leaky poriferous sieve-like corky rocky airy Leakey light
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Antonyms

nonporous mackintosh consistent compact dense tight
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Phrases with the word

porous form of carbon porous organic materials porous portal not porous

Examples

our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous Source: Internet

the partly porous walls of our digestive system Source: Internet

compacting the soil to make it less porous Source: Internet

Additional site degradation was also noted, including "the lack of maintenance, the decay of exposed structures due to lack of rainwater regulation and the decay of porous and soft stones". Source: Internet

Additionally, the bi-lipid layer of the tumor cell membrane will become more porous, further allowing more of the chemotherapeutic medicine to enter the tumor cell. Source: Internet

After pressing, compressed air is blown through the porous mould plates to release the shaped wares. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

porotic porotiti porotype porous form of carbon porous organic materials porous portal