Porous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Full of or having pores.
  • adj. Admitting the passage of gas or liquid through pores or interstices.
  • adj. Easily crossed or penetrated.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
  • adj. full of loopholes
  • adj. With many gaps.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having pores; porose; pervious by means of minute interstices.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. able to absorb fluids
  • adj. full of pores or vessels or holes
  • adj. allowing passage in and out
  • Equivalent
    permeable    porose    leaky   
    Antonym
    compact   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
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    Rhyme
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