porous
full of pores.
permeable by water, air, etc.
Origin of porous
1Other words for porous
Other words from porous
- po·rous·ly, adverb
- po·rous·ness, noun
- non·po·rous, adjective
- non·po·rous·ness, noun
- un·po·rous, adjective
- un·po·rous·ness, noun
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How to use porous in a sentence
That, combined with the lengthy porous border with Pakistan’s least governed regions will give extremists a large field in which to train, plan and plot.
Why Was There So Little Resistance When Afghanistan Collapsed? | Tracy Moran | August 16, 2021 | OzyInstead water flows through and around the highly porous Venus’s-flower-basket and forms a gentle zone of water that flanks the sponge and displaces turbulence downstream, the team found.
How intricate Venus’s-flower-baskets manipulate the flow of seawater | Nikk Ogasa | July 21, 2021 | Science NewsThe Titans likely won’t rocket to the top of the AFC just with the addition of Jones, given their porous defense, but he does fill key offensive needs for them.
With The Julio Jones Trade, Did Both Atlanta And Tennessee Get Better? | Sarah Shachat | June 8, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightWe can have border controls and quarantine and they’re very important, but we can’t forget that these are porous land borders.
Southeast Asia Kept COVID-19 Under Control For Most of the Pandemic. Now It's Battling Worrying New Surges | Amy Gunia / Hong Kong | May 14, 2021 | TimeThe outbreak reflects a broader one across Nepal, which shares a long, porous border with India.
India's COVID-19 Disaster May Be Turning Into an Even Bigger Global Crisis | Billy Perrigo | May 12, 2021 | Time
Our porous borders are seen as a midterm election play-to-the-base appeal instead of a problem to be solved.
The Brazilian defense, touted as impenetrable in pre-tournament hype, proved to be bedraggled, and porous.
Brazil Slips Past Croatia, Thanks to Yuichi Nishimura | Tunku Varadarajan | June 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The world is porous and full of holes…so you just find the cracks,” Austin says slyly.
A Most Illegal Adventure with New York City’s Wildest Underground Event Planners | Nina Strochlic | December 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAmong the biggest problems is the porous border Afghanistan shares with Pakistan.
David Sanger’s ‘Confront and Conceal’: 5 Revelations in Obama’s Wars | Matthew DeLuca | June 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFunctioning countries cannot have such porous borders, for security reasons let alone communitarian concerns.
On very sandy fields the heaviest rainfall may be taken up by the porous earth, so that no streams are found.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerThe azucarilla is a confection not unlike "Edinburgh rock," but more porous and of the nature of a meringue.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetThen put the cell within the porous cup and fill the top with clear water, preferably rain water.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousWater in porous jars, often flavoured with rose-leaves or verbena, is presented by servants as the meal proceeds.
Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt | R. Talbot KellyIt was with great difficulty however that I clambered down the side of the crag, for the lava just there was porous and bubbly.
The White Man's Foot | Grant Allen
British Dictionary definitions for porous
/ (ˈpɔːrəs) /
permeable to water, air, or other fluids
biology geology having pores; poriferous
easy to cross or penetrate: the porous border into Thailand; the most porous defence in the league
Origin of porous
1Derived forms of porous
- porously, adverb
- porousness, noun
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Scientific definitions for porous
[ pôr′əs ]
Having many pores or other small spaces that can hold a gas or liquid or allow it to pass through.
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