HOLEY

holey, porous

(adjective) allowing passage in and out; “our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

holey (comparative holier, superlative holiest)

having, or being full of, holes

Anagrams

• Hoyle

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