as in penetrable
capable of being passed into or through
a cleaner that should not be used on porous surfaces
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Recent Examples of porous
For example, soils marketed for cacti and succulents are highly porous, designed to drain water away quickly from the moisture-sensitive roots of desert plants.
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Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2025
In This Article How to Finish and Keep it Clean
As porous material, grout acts like a sponge and soaks up everything: dirt, grease, mildew, soap scum, even hard water.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 14 May 2025
Mouth taping typically involves placing a piece of skin-safe surgical or porous tape across your lips to encourage nasal breathing and prevent mouth breathing.
—Alisa Hrustic, Health, 26 May 2025
Just past the three-day fest’s headliners (the newly roots-y Post Malone, country stalwarts Brooks & Dunn and Wallen himself) are an array of acts which suggest that, at a moment when country music’s bigger than it’s been in decades, its once strict boundaries are more porous than ever.
—Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 19 May 2025
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Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2025
In This Article How to Finish and Keep it Clean
As porous material, grout acts like a sponge and soaks up everything: dirt, grease, mildew, soap scum, even hard water.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 14 May 2025
Mouth taping typically involves placing a piece of skin-safe surgical or porous tape across your lips to encourage nasal breathing and prevent mouth breathing.
—Alisa Hrustic, Health, 26 May 2025
Just past the three-day fest’s headliners (the newly roots-y Post Malone, country stalwarts Brooks & Dunn and Wallen himself) are an array of acts which suggest that, at a moment when country music’s bigger than it’s been in decades, its once strict boundaries are more porous than ever.
—Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porous
Adjective
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Mescal’s performance is carefully pitched in its quiet devastation, but Lionel, hidden behind his thick glasses and polite manner, is never quite penetrable.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
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Strong actors also can’t prop up a script built out of barely penetrable mumbo jumbo.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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Updates include removing existing paths and replacing them with permeable pathways while introducing sun shading and a rain cover via a new pergola.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Hua adds that even when herbicides and insecticides aren’t designed to harm amphibians, the additives in these products—like surfactants—can still be dangerous since frogs and toads can absorb these substances through their sensitive, permeable skin.—
Anne Readel,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 May 2025
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“Porous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porous. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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