POROUS

• (adj.) full of pores or vessels or holes

  synonyms : poriferous

  The curd was tied in a porous cloth to separate the water from it. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) allowing passage in and out

  "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous"

  synonyms : holey

• (adj.) able to absorb fluids

  "the partly porous walls of our digestive system", "compacting the soil to make it less porous"

  The partly porous walls of the intestines absorb food. -added by naila_inlas

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