porous.

Containing pores through which liquid, air, or other material may pass.

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Words that belong together

• porous material
• porous surface

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The porous stone darkened in the rain.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more porous; superlative most porous when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.