Definition of POROUS

porous

Adjective Satellite

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

Adjective

  • Having tiny holes or gaps through which liquid or air may pass.
  • full of pores or vessels or holes

Adj

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

Examples

  • Concrete is porous, so water will slowly filter through it.
  • His defense was porous, leaving many openings for his opponent to score bingos.
  • Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.

Origin / Etymology

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

Antonyms

nonporous

Scrabble Score: 8

porous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
porous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
porous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

porous: valid Words With Friends Word