Word "POROUS" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
full of pores or vessels or holes
Synonyms:
poriferous

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
allowing passage in and out
Synonyms:
holey
Examples:
our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
able to absorb fluids
Examples:
the partly porous walls of our digestive system
compacting the soil to make it less porous

Crossword Clues for POROUS

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Adjective describing some rocks and some soccer defences The Times Specialist Sunday 31 Aug 2025
Allowing seepage so pour out The Sun Two Speed 28 Jul 2025
Permeable The Sun Two Speed 28 Jul 2025
For the most part stir up river first, it's leaky (6)
Awfully poor American is able to take in water? (6)
Absorbing water (6)
Permeable to water (6)
Permeable to water or air Mirror Classic 16 Jan 2025
Permeable The Sun Two Speed 30 Sep 2024
Like Spongebob Squarepants
Poor in revolt: America full of holes The Sun Two Speed 30 Sep 2024
Permeable Newsday 22 Sep 2024
Far from watertight
Like a sponge Eugene Sheffer 27 Jul 2024
Able to allow fluids to pass through Mirror Tea Time 20 Jul 2024
Permeable by fluids The Times Concise 18 Jun 2024
This clue won't hold water (6)
Full of small openings
Spongelike Premier Sunday 11 Feb 2024
Like a sponge LA Times Daily 07 Jan 2024
Allowing for osmosis LA Times Daily 26 Oct 2023
Absorbent, as a sponge Newsday 06 Nov 2022
Like rock that stores fluid The Washington Post Sunday 12 Jun 2022
Like tea bags Wall Street Journal 21 Apr 2022
Permeable The Guardian Quick 30 Mar 2022
Able to absorb fluids Irish Times Simplex 19 Mar 2022
Doesn't retain fluids from soup or broth Irish Times Crosaire 22 Nov 2021
Spongelike New York Times 18 Jul 2021
Allowing liquid to pass The Times Concise 03 Jun 2021
On our side, holding ring that's anything but impregnable
Able to absorb fluid Irish Times Simplex 22 Dec 2020
Allowing seepage so pour out The Sun Two Speed 01 Nov 2020
Permeable The Sun Two Speed 01 Nov 2020
Allowing fluid to pass The Times Concise 22 Oct 2020
Poor in revolt: America full of holes The Sun Two Speed 20 Aug 2020
Holed up? The Washington Post Sunday 24 May 2020
Not watertight New York Times 23 May 2020
Like sponges Thomas Joseph 17 Oct 2019
Is able to absorb fluids with soup or broth Irish Times Crosaire 15 May 2019
Likely to leak old Russian's first work about America The Telegraph Toughie 10 Oct 2018
Full of holes Universal 22 Jul 2018
Like much sandstone LA Times Daily 08 Jun 2018
Like much sandstone The Washington Post 08 Jun 2018
Retiring soldiers work with country prone to infiltration
Like much sandstone
Full of holes
Liable to leak, like a patriotic American hiding nothing
Full of holes The Telegraph Quick 31 May 2017
Permeable Newsday 17 Mar 2017
Full of holes Wall Street Journal 18 Feb 2017
Full of holes LA Times Daily 15 Jan 2017
Full of holes
Pour so badly, unable to retain liquid The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Jul 2016
Like tea bags New York Times 07 May 2016
Permeable New York Times 25 Apr 2016
Full of holes The Guardian Quick 16 Feb 2016
Full of tiny holes The Sun Two Speed 07 Jan 2016
Absorbent, so pour out The Sun Two Speed 07 Jan 2016
Allowing seepage USA Today 20 May 2015
Spongy Wall Street Journal 17 Apr 2015
Holey USA Today 15 Feb 2015
Permeable
Allowing seepage
Spongy
Holey
Like a sponge
Allowing seepage
Like sponges
Like sponges
Water-permeable
Full of holes
Allowing seepage
Like intestinal walls
Permeable
Holey
Riddled
Like a sponge
Like pumice
Permeable
Like some borders
Like clay
Full of holes
Like Swiss cheese
Like a sponge
Spongelike
Spongelike
Like pumice
Like pumice
Full of holes
Permeable
Like a sponge
Leaky
Like a sieve
Sponge-like
Insubstantial
Water-permeable
Permeable by liquids
Word for a weak infield
Like a sponge
Spongelike
Full of holes
Full of holes.
Like a sponge.
Spongy.
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