Definition of porous
English to English adjective - full of pores or vessels or holes
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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 1913 adjective satellite - able to absorb fluids
The partly porous walls of our digestive system.
Compacting the soil to make it less porous.
source: WordNet 3.0 - allowing passage in and out
Our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous.
source: WordNet 3.0 English to Tagalog adj - [pórœs] Butasbutás
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
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