porous
adjective
[ ˈpɔːrəs ]
• (of a rock or other material) having minute interstices through which liquid or air may pass.
• "layers of porous limestones"
Similar:
permeable,
penetrable,
pervious,
absorbent,
sponge-like,
spongy,
sieve-like,
leaky,
honeycombed,
cellular,
open,
holey,
absorptive,
percolative,
cavernulous,
leachy,
porose,
poriferous,
spongiose,
foraminous,
pory,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French poreux, based on Latin porus ‘pore’.
