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pory

/ˈpɔː.ɹi/US/ˈpɔɹ.i/

pory adjective: porous.

Adjective

pory (comparative more pory, superlative most pory)

  1. (archaic) porous
    • Now to the court arriv'd th' admiring son / Beholds the vaulted roofs of pory stone.1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

pory meaning in Tamil

pory in Tamil

பூச்செண்டு

Forms of pory

comparativemore pory
superlativemost pory

Origin of pory

From pore + -y.

Words formed from pory

Words that rhyme with pory

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about pory

What does pory mean?
Pory means porous.
What is pory in Tamil?
Pory in Tamil is பூச்செண்டு. See Pory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pory?
Pory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pory?
Pory is pronounced /ˈpɔː.ɹi/ (UK).

Words near pory in the dictionary

  1. Porvorim
  2. porwiggle
  3. porwiggles
  4. porwigle
  5. porwigles
  6. pory
  7. porzelky
  8. Porzio
  9. Porzios
  10. pos
  11. pos pron

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pory (page history and authors); pory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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