Definition of POROUS

porous

Meanings

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

  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

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

Antonyms

nonporous

Scrabble Score: 8

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

Words With Friends Score: 10

porous is a valid Words With Friends word