Definition of porous Porous
/pɔˈɹʌs/ - [porus] - po•rous
We found 8 definitions of porous from 4 different sources.
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What does porous mean?
WordNet
Adjectiveporous, porouser, porousest |
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| porous - full of pores or vessels or holes | ||
| poriferous | ||
| nonporous not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores; "nonporous wood" | ||
| porous - able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous" | ||
| permeable allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through; "permeable membranes"; "rock that is permeable by water" | ||
| porous - allowing passage in and out; "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous" | ||
| holey | ||
| leaky used informally; unable to retain urine | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- porous (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.
