porous
Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
Example
“Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.”
Other meanings
With many gaps or loopholes.
Related words
- porous portal
- aporous
- biporous
- electroporous
- hyperporous
- imporous
- macroporous
- mesoporous
- microporous
- monoporous
- multiporous
- nanoporous
Where this comes from
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