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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
1P2O3R4O5U6S

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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