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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
porous/ˈpɔːrəs/

▶adjective (of a rock or other material) having minute interstices through which liquid or air may pass.

– derivatives
porosity noun,
porousness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. poreux, based on L. porus ‘pore’.

'porous' also found in these Oxford entries:

bog iron - cancellous - charcoal - corkwood - corpus spongiosum - crumpet - cupel - diatomaceous earth - filter - land drain - light - percolate - pumice - reverse osmosis - seal - seep - sponge - spongiform - spongy - tophus - tufa - tuff - wick

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