Porous

  • 41porous — porously, adv. porousness, n. /pawr euhs, pohr /, adj. 1. full of pores. 2. permeable by water, air, etc. [1350 1400; ME, var. of porose < ML porosus. See PORE2, OUS] Syn. 2. penetrable, pervious, sievelike, riddled. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 42porous —   the ability to allow water to occupy pore spaces …

    Geography glossary

  • 43porous —    Having numerous interstices, whether connected or isolated …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 44porous — Synonyms and related words: cribriform, excretory, exudative, leachy, leaky, oozy, penetrable, percolating, percolative, permeable, pervious, porose, runny, sievelike, spongelike, spongy, transudative, weepy …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 45porous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. open; absorbent; perforated, honeycombed; sandy; permeable, loose, pervious. See opening. Ant., impermeable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pervious, permeable, acceptable, pory; see penetrable …

    English dictionary for students

  • 46porous — po·rous || pɔːrÉ™s adj. full of pores, poriferous, having tiny holes …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 47porous — adjective (of a rock or other material) having minute interstices through which liquid or air may pass. Derivatives porosity noun porousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. poreux, based on L. porus pore …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 48porous — a. Pervious, permeable, penetrable, percolable, pory …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 49porous — adj 1. spongy, spongelike, absorbent, bibulous; sievelike, cribrose, cribriform; riddled, perforated, honeycombed, like Swiss cheese. 2. permeable, pervious, penetrable, passable …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 50porous — po·rous …

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