pore
noun
[ pɔː ]
• a minute opening in a surface, especially the skin or integument of an organism, through which gases, liquids, or microscopic particles may pass.
Similar:
opening,
orifice,
aperture,
hole,
outlet,
inlet,
vent,
stoma,
hydathode,
ostiole,
ostium,
foramen,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek poros ‘passage, pore’.
pore
verb
• be absorbed in reading or studying (something).
• "I spent hours poring over cookery books"
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps related to peer1.
