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Definition of pore noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pore

noun
 
/pɔː(r)/
 
/pɔːr/
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  1. one of the very small holes in your skin that sweat can pass through; one of the similar small holes in the surface of a plant or a rock see also porousTopics Appearancec2, Bodyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • blocked
    • clogged
    • open
    • …
    verb + pore
    • block
    • clog
    • open
    • …
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    Word Originnoun late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek poros ‘passage, pore’.
See pore in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee pore in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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