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po·rous
 porous
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- pronunciation:
- po
r
 s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having many pores.
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| definition 2: |
highly absorbent or permeable.
- antonyms:
- impermeable, nonporous
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| related words: |
absorbent |
adverb + (adj.)porous
extremely, highly, increasingly, less, more, naturally, somewhat
(adj.)porous
+ adverb
constantly, enough
(adj.)porous
+ noun
bead,
border,
boundary,
bread,
calcium,
ceramic,
coating,
defense,
egg,
electrode,
fabric,
foam,
formation,
fracture,
frontier,
layer,
limestone,
material,
media,
medium,
membrane,
metal,
moisture,
mountain,
nature,
pebble,
pipe,
polymer,
pot,
rock,
run,
sand,
sandstone,
silicon,
skin,
soil,
stone,
structure,
surface,
tube,
wall,
well,
wood
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| derivations: |
porously (adv.), porousness (n.) |
The word porous
contains the following part:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
  More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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