Sponges are porous.
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Porous
//ˈpɔːɹəs//
Synonyms for "porous" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
Adjective(1 words)
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2 entriesderived
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- πολύτρητος adj (full of tiny pores)
- σομφός adj (full of tiny pores)
- χαῦνος adj (full of tiny pores)
Armenian
1 entries- ծակոտկեն adj (full of tiny pores)
Asturian
1 entries- porosu adj (full of tiny pores)
Bulgarian
1 entries- порест adj (full of tiny pores)
Catalan
1 entries- porós adj (full of tiny pores)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 多孔的 adj (full of tiny pores)
Danish
1 entries- porøs adj (full of tiny pores)
Dutch
1 entries- poreus adj (full of tiny pores)
Esperanto
1 entries- pora adj (full of tiny pores)
Estonian
2 entries- poorne adj (full of tiny pores)
- urbne adj (full of tiny pores)
Finnish
1 entries- huokoinen adj (full of tiny pores)
French
1 entries- poreux adj (full of tiny pores)
Galician
1 entries- poroso adj (full of tiny pores)
German
1 entries- porös adj (full of tiny pores)
Greek
1 entries- πορώδης adj (full of tiny pores)
Indonesian
1 entries- porus adj (full of tiny pores)
Italian
1 entries- poroso adj (full of tiny pores)
Japanese
2 entries- 多孔の adj (full of tiny pores)
- 多孔質の adj (full of tiny pores)
Latin
2 entries- multicavus adj (full of tiny pores)
- porōsus adj (full of tiny pores)
Malay
1 entries- ڤوروس adj (full of tiny pores)
Māori
2 entries- koropungapunga adj (full of tiny pores)
- pōareare adj (full of tiny pores)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- kunkunî adj (full of tiny pores)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- porøs adj (full of tiny pores)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- porøs adj (full of tiny pores)
Persian
1 entries- متخلخل adj (full of tiny pores)
Polish
1 entries- porowaty adj (full of tiny pores)
Portuguese
1 entries- poroso adj (full of tiny pores)
Russian
1 entries- по́ристый adj (full of tiny pores)
Spanish
1 entries- poroso adj (full of tiny pores)
Swedish
1 entries- porös adj (full of tiny pores)
Tagalog
1 entries- malabuga adj (full of tiny pores)
Turkish
1 entries- gözenekli adj (full of tiny pores)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The countries have competing claims to villages and towns along the porous, undefined border.
Source: tatoeba (10832774)
Her hair is rather porous.
Source: tatoeba (11536031)
The Colorado silver lodes are porous at the surface and colored more or less red or green.
Source: tatoeba (11884434)
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