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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin porus, from Greek poros 'way through'

pore

1 noun
     
Related topics: Human
pore1 [countable]
HBH one of the small holes in your skin that liquid, especially sweat, can pass through, or a similar hole in the surface of a plant
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