poriferous

1. 1.

   full of pores or vessels or holes

   Synonymsporous

   Similarporose

Questions about poriferous

What does poriferous mean?

poriferous means "full of pores or vessels or holes".

How many syllables are in poriferous?

poriferous has 4 syllables and divides as po-ri-fe-rous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for poriferous?

Close synonyms include porous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.