Defenition of the word porous

• Defenition of the word porous

  • allowing passage in and out; "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous"
  • able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous"
  • full of pores or vessels or holes
  • allowing passage in and out
  • able to absorb fluids

Synonyms for the word porous

• • absorbent
  • holey
  • leaky
  • permeable
  • poriferous
  • spongy

Similar words in the porous

• • leaky
  • permeable
  • porose
  • porous

Antonyms for the word porous

• • nonporous

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