how to pronounce pore

/pɔːɹ/

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pore is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of pore in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… every pore the box managed to suspend is to live wants love …”

meanings of pore

noun:

By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.
A tiny opening in the skin.

verb:

To study meticulously; to go over again and again.
To meditate or reflect in a steady way.

pore frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word pore occurs in english on average 2.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pore can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pore can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;