Porous meaning

What does “porous” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“porous” is an adjective with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: able to absorb fluids.

porous

able to absorb fluids
“the partly porous walls of our digestive system”
“compacting the soil to make it less porous”
full of pores or vessels or holes
Synonymsporiferous
Oppositesnonporous
allowing passage in and out
“our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous”
Synonymsholey

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University