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| po·rous [ páwrəss ] |
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1. permeable: permitting the movement of fluids or gases through it by way of pores or other passages
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2. breachable: easy to cross, infiltrate, or penetrate
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3. with pores: having a surface that contains pores or a body that contains cavities
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| [14th century. Via French< medieval Latin porosus< Latin porus "passage, pore"] |
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  po·rous·ly adverb |
| po·rous·ness noun |
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