No. 3,181 in Swedish

por

Pore (a small opening in a surface, especially in skin).

In a sentence

Vattnet sipprade ut genom små porer i klippan.
The water seeped out through small pores in the rock.
The word 'porer' refers to small openings or pores through which substances can pass.
Han älskar skönhet och konst, ner till varje por.
He loves beauty and art down to every pore.
The word 'por' is used metaphorically to represent the entirety of a person's essence or appreciation.
Genom att undersöka huden i mikroskop kan vi se dess porstruktur.
By examining the skin under a microscope, we can see its pore structure.
The word 'porstruktur' combines 'por' to describe the arrangement of pores in a material, here specifically skin.

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