Definition of 'porous'

Adjective

1. able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous"
2. full of pores or vessels or holes
      Synonyms: poriferous
      Antonyms: nonporous
3. allowing passage in and out; "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous"
      Synonyms: holey

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