POROUS as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • full of pores or vessels or holes
   Synonym(s)
   • poriferous (what does poriferous mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • nonporous (what does nonporous mean?)
   Similar To
   • porose (what does porose mean?)
2. Meaning
   • allowing passage in and out
   Synonym(s)
   • holey (what does holey mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous
   Similar To
   • leaky (what does leaky mean?)
3. Meaning
   • able to absorb fluids
   Usage Example(s)
   • the partly porous walls of our digestive system
   • compacting the soil to make it less porous
   Similar To
   • permeable (what does permeable mean?)