permeable

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: We have asked Berkeleys to redesign this junction - to conform to their stated policy of making the whole site permeable on foot.
• remain: Moisture properites Sto renders offer protection from driving rain, yet remain vapor permeable.

Modifies a noun

• underlay: The use of vapor permeable underlay to improve the thermal performance of the roof will inevitably change the roof ventilation requirements.
• catchment: The river Itchen is an example of a permeable chalk catchment.
• subsoil: Deep fine loam and clay soils with slowly permeable subsoils over chalky till.
• membrane: Applied research From the outset we have sought to protect our basic research activity with a " permeable membrane " of applied research.
• paving: Main SUDS used Permeable paving has been used in the Phase 3 parking areas with a total site area of approximately 1.2 Ha.
• stratum: Known as confined aquifers, they are pools of fresh water trapped in permeable rock strata at depths of 300 to 6,000 feet.

Modifying Another Word

• selectively: Reverse osmosis a high pressure filtration system that uses selectively permeable membranes with extremely small pores to separate ions and particles.
• slowly: Slowly permeable seasonally waterlogged clay soils over Tertiary clay ( Windsor series ).
• partially: A partially permeable membrane is just one with small holes in it.
• highly: In areas where the soil or fill beneath the building is highly permeable blowing can work better than sucking.
• very: These features occur on what is a very permeable rock which does not generally support surface drainage systems.
• not: Because the mortar is not permeable this moisture cannot evaporate from the mortar joint once rain stops.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Perhaps some of the barriers may now become more permeable.
• prove: If this is the case then it may well be that an attitudinal border may prove much less permeable than an economic one.
• make: The buildings on the north side of Eastgate are good enough to retain, tho they could be made more permeable at ground level.