porenoun [ C ]
uk/pɔːr/us/pɔːr/a very small hole in the skin of people or other animals, or a similar hole on the surface of plants or rocks:
Sweat passes through the pores and cools the body down.
Pimples form when pores become blocked with dirt.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- wan
- waxen
- wrinkled
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Geography: caves, cracks & crevices
Holes, hollows and dips