Spongy, porous.

Full of pores; containing minute interstices through which water, air, etc., may pass.

Porous or open in texture or composition: the opposite of close, compact, or solid. Obsolete.

Of a spongy texture; porous. Obsolete. rare.

Of the nature or character of a sponge; porous, spongy.

Having or full of pores; porous; (Entomology) covered with minute spots or pits resembling pores.

Of the nature of a sponge; spongy.

Full of or containing pores; porous.

Having a soft elastic or porous texture resembling that of a sponge; deficient in solidity or… Of parts of plants, timber, etc.

Like or resembling a sponge; spongy.

Of organic tissue, stone, soils, etc.: Loose in texture; loosely cohering or compacted; porous.

= porous, adj.

= lax, adj. 3a.

Of a spongy texture; porous.

Resembling a sponge in structure; light and porous.

= spongoid, adj. 2.

Having the form or structure of a sponge.

Having, or characterized by having, many pores; esp. (Mycology) = polyporoid, adj.