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

pore

noun

/pɔː(r)/

/pɔːr/

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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 Dictionary
adjective
- 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’.

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pore over something

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