'Porous' definitions:

Definition of 'porous'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous"
adjective
Full of pores or vessels or holes [syn: porous, poriferous] [ant: nonporous]
adjective
Allowing passage in and out; "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous" [syn: holey, porous]

Definition of 'Porous'

From: GCIDE
  • Porous \Por"ous\, a. [Cf. F. poreux. See Pore, n.] Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood. "The veins of porous earth." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'porous'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Porous'