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Word entry · 6 letters

porous

Best crossword clue

"Full of tiny holes"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɔːɹəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ooprsuStarts with PEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. full of pores or vessels or holes

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.
  • Concrete is porous, so water will slowly filter through it.
  • 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.

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