porous

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective able to absorb fluids
  2. adjective full of pores or vessels or holes
  3. adjective allowing passage in and out

Etymology

From Old French poros, from Latin porus (“an opening”). By surface analysis, pore + -ous.

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