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Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood.

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  1. n. Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood.
  2. adj. able to absorb fluids
  3. adj. full of pores or vessels or holes
  4. adj. allowing passage in and out
  5. Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood. "The veins of porous earth." Milton.
  6. Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in thesubstance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids;permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood. "The veins ofporous earth." Milton.
  7. j:100 s. able to absorb fluids a. full of pores or vessels or holes