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porous

English

Etymology

From Old French poros, from Latin porus (“an opening”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p????s/
  • Rhymes: -??r?s

Adjective

porous (comparative more porous, superlative most porous)

  1. Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
    Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.
    Concrete is porous, so water will slowly filter through it.
  2. (figuratively) With many gaps.
  3. (figuratively, by extension) full of loopholes

Synonyms

  • (full of holes): permeable

Translations

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amygdaloid

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (amugdál?, “almond”) +? -oid.

Adjective

amygdaloid (not comparable)

  1. Shaped like an almond
  2. (anatomy) Relating to the amygdala

Translations

Noun

amygdaloid (countable and uncountable, plural amygdaloids)

  1. A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, especially agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.

Synonyms

  • mandlestone

Derived terms

  • amygdaloidal

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