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English
Etymology
From Old French poros, from Latin porus (“an opening”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
porous (comparative more porous, superlative most porous)
- Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
- Synonym: permeable
- Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.
- Concrete is porous, so water will slowly filter through it.
- (figurative) With many gaps or loopholes.
2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:However, Wolves porous defence opened up again to gift Sunderland a foothold in the game - Sessegnon sweeping in a Zenden corner that was inexplicably allowed to bounce in the six-yard box.
2012, Miguel Antonio Levario, Militarizing the Border: When Mexicans Became the Enemy, page 125:[…] a porous border consequently positioned migrants from Mexico and ethnic Mexicans residing in the United States as potential terrorists.
Derived terms
Translations
(figuratively) with many gaps
Chuukese
Noun
porous
- Alternative form of poraus