Grade 8

porous

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(po-rous) 2 syllables

Definition

adjective. having small holes that allow liquids to pass through.

Example Sentence

The top of the clay table was porous.

More Example Sentences

Porous rocks can hold water and air.

Synonyms

permeable; absorbent; spongy

Antonyms

impassable; solid; impermeable

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Rhymes

  • chorus
  • florists
  • forests
  • goris
  • horace
  • horus
  • maurice
  • maurus
  • morris
  • morris'
  • porous
  • sorus
  • taurus
  • torras
  • torus

  • delores
  • dolores
  • fitzmaurice
  • fitzmorris
  • mcmorris
  • montgoris
  • thesaurus

  • brontosaurus
  • stegosaurus

  • maquiladoras
  • tyrannosaurus