"porous" meaning in English

See porous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɔːɹəs/ Audio: en-au-porous.ogg Forms: more porous [comparative], most porous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːɹəs Etymology: From Old French poros, from Latin porus (“an opening”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per- (fare)}}, {{uder|en|fro|poros}} Old French poros, {{uder|en|la|porus||an opening}} Latin porus (“an opening”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} porous (comparative more porous, superlative most porous)
  1. Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through. Synonyms: permeable Translations (full of tiny pores): χαῦνος (khaûnos) (Ancient Greek), σομφός (somphós) (Ancient Greek), πολύτρητος (polútrētos) (Ancient Greek), ծակոտկեն (cakotken) (Armenian), porosu (Asturian), порест (porest) (Bulgarian), porós (Catalan), 多孔的 (duōkǒng de) (Chinese Mandarin), porøs (Danish), poreus (Dutch), pora (Esperanto), poorne (Estonian), urbne (Estonian), huokoinen (Finnish), poreux (French), poroso (Galician), porös (German), porus (Indonesian), poroso [masculine] (Italian), 多孔質の (takōshitsu no) (alt: たこうしつの) (Japanese), 多孔の (takō no) (alt: たこうの) (Japanese), porōsus (Latin), multicavus (Latin), ڤوروس (poros) (Malay), pōareare (Maori), koropungapunga (Maori), kunkunî (Northern Kurdish), porøs (Norwegian Bokmål), porøs (Norwegian Nynorsk), متخلخل (motexalxel) (Persian), porowaty (Polish), poroso (Portuguese), по́ристый (póristyj) (Russian), poroso (Spanish), porös (Swedish), malabuga (Tagalog), gözenekli (Turkish)
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  2. (figurative) With many gaps or loopholes. Tags: figuratively
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Derived forms: porous portal

Alternative forms

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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "porous (comparative more porous, superlative most porous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Concrete is porous, so water will slowly filter through it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pore",
          "pore"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ],
        [
          "gas",
          "gas"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "permeable"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "However, Wolves ^([sic]) 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Miguel Antonio Levario, Militarizing the Border: When Mexicans Became the Enemy, page 125:",
          "text": "[…] a porous border consequently positioned migrants from Mexico and ethnic Mexicans residing in the United States as potential terrorists.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "With many gaps or loopholes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gap",
          "gap"
        ],
        [
          "loophole",
          "loophole"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) With many gaps or loopholes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɔːɹəs/"
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːɹəs"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cakotken",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "ծակոտկեն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "porosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "porest",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "порест"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "porós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duōkǒng de",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "多孔的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "porøs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "poreus"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "pora"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "poorne"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "urbne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "huokoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "poreux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "poroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "porös"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khaûnos",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "χαῦνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "somphós",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "σομφός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "polútrētos",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "πολύτρητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "porus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poroso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たこうしつの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "takōshitsu no",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "多孔質の"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たこうの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "takō no",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "多孔の"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "kunkunî"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "porōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "multicavus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "roman": "poros",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "ڤوروس"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "pōareare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "koropungapunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "porøs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "porøs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "motexalxel",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "متخلخل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "porowaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "poroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "póristyj",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "по́ристый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "poroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "porös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "malabuga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "full of tiny pores",
      "word": "gözenekli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "porous"
}

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