porous
porous
Definition
po·rous (pôr′əs, pōr′-)
adjective
full of pores, through which fluids, air, or light may pass
Etymology: ME < ML porosus < L porus, pore
por′·ously adverb
por′·ous·ness noun
porous
Synonyms
porous
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: Indeed, it is not hard to make such materials porous: the problem comes in controlling the porosity.
Infinitive complement
- allow: The liner is tailored to fit inside the mini raised bed and is porous to allow drainage.
Modifies a noun
- asphalt: These include our range of porous asphalts using specially modified binders.
- scaffold: A common approach is to place a porous biomaterial scaffold, seeded with cells, in a flow perfusion bioreactor.
- silicon: Technology is based on therapeutic applications of porous silicon.
- paving: Ways of achieving this credit are to provide porous paving and direct the run-off from the roof to local soak-away facilities.
- border: The international press can enter Haiti through its porous borders with near impunity.
- substrate: Abstract The study of the adsorption of vapors on porous substrates is of wide ranging importance within many sectors of the chemical industry.
Modifying Another Word
- highly: Papers produced from the pulp are highly porous, that is, they allow easy passage of water.
- slightly: Yes, it is possible to paint on slightly porous objects.
- increasingly: With smuggling revenue exploding, and borders increasingly porous, the Iraqi regime -- if not the Iraqi people -- is doing better economically.
- extremely: At Great Orme this reaction has been particularly intense, due to the extremely porous nature of the ground.
- very: The research implies the moons are very porous - similar to moons orbiting just outside Saturn's rings.
- not: Andrew Newton Slates are not porous, at least not in the sense you mean.
Used with adjective complement
- become: They're a taste of what happens when the barriers of our personality become porous.
- remain: To guard against frost damage they are fired to 1160 degrees centigrade yet remain porous allowing roots to breathe and preventing waterlogging.
- treat: Treat porous surfaces such as wood and concrete particularly carefully.
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