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    porous

    porous - Dictionary definition and meaning for word porous

    Definition
    (adj) able to absorb fluids
    Example Sentence
    • the partly porous walls of our digestive system
    • compacting the soil to make it less porous
    Definition
    (adj) full of pores or vessels or holes
    Synonyms : poriferous
    Definition
    (adj) allowing passage in and out
    Synonyms : holey
    Example Sentence
    • our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for porous

pour-(porous)sounds like pour, so to pour we need a hole .................................

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