adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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porous rock
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If a garage has a porous floor, it can become extremely damp.
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Plants in containers made of porous material, must be watered more often than those in plastic pots.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is caused by a loss of calcium in the bones that makes them become softer, porous and weaker.
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Normally, most of the water in urine is recycled through the porous walls of the collecting tubes.
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Now, thanks to modern architecture and a porous defense, neither is a problem.
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Others, like sponges, consisted of a colony of cells with a porous skeleton.
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Some rocks are more porous than others.
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The elaborate nets thrown out by air proved far too porous to trap major enemy units.
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The gas bubbles get trapped if you add flour, lifting the dough and making it porous .
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The original porous bone has been consolidated to become much heavier than it would have been in life.