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porose

porose is the alternative form of porous.

Meaning of porous

Adjective

porous (comparative more porous, superlative most porous)

  1. Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
    • Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.
    Synonyms:
    permeable
  2. (figuratively) With many gaps or loopholes.
    • 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.2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport

Forms of porose

comparativemore porose
superlativemost porose

Words formed from porose

Questions about porose

What is porose the alternative form of?
Porose is the alternative form of porous.

Words near porose in the dictionary

  1. pororocas
  2. poroscope
  3. poroscopes
  4. poroscopic
  5. poroscopy
  6. porose
  7. poroses
  8. Poroshenko
  9. Poroshkovo
  10. porosification
  11. porosimeter

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