porous
adjective
1. able to absorb fluids
- the partly porous walls of our digestive system
- compacting the soil to make it less porous
Similar word(s): permeable
2. full of pores or vessels or holes
Similar word(s): porose, poriferous
3. allowing passage in and out
- our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous
Sentences with porous as an adjective:
- Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.
- Concrete is porous, so water will slowly filter through it.