pore
About 4.13 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A tiny opening in the skin.
I could sense the sweat dripping out of all my pores.
- noun By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.
the pores of a rock.
- verb To study meticulously; to go over again and again.
- verb To meditate or reflect in a steady way.
Similar words
focus rivet stoma center centre concentrate porosity porous vapour steam
Often followed by
size water pressure space volume over structure spaces diameter
Word family
pored pores poring
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