latticed

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lat·tice

(lăt′ĭs)

a. An open framework made of strips of metal, wood, or similar material overlapped or overlaid in a regular, usually crisscross pattern.

b. A structure, such as a window, screen, or trellis, made of or containing such a framework.

2. Something, such as a decorative motif or heraldic bearing, that resembles an open, patterned framework.

3. Physics

a. A regular, periodic configuration of points, particles, or objects throughout an area or a space, especially the arrangement of ions or molecules in a crystalline solid.

b. The spatial arrangement of fissionable and nonfissionable materials in a nuclear reactor.

tr.v. lat·ticed, lat·tic·ing, lat·tic·es

To construct or furnish with a lattice or latticework.

[Middle English latis, from Old French lattis, from latte, lath, of Germanic origin .]

lat′ticed adj.

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lat•ticed

(ˈlæt ɪst)

adj.

1. having a lattice or latticework.

2. clathrate.

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Adj.

latticed - having a pattern of fretwork or latticework

interlaced, latticelike, fretted

reticular, reticulate - resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system"

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latticed

[ˈlætɪst] ADJ [window] → con reja

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latticed

adj → vergittert

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"God!" she murmured, for now, silhouetted against the moonlit sky beyond, she saw framed in the tiny square of the latticed window the head of a huge lioness.

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It threw a gleam of recognition, on here a post, and there a garden fence, and here a latticed window-pane, and there a pump, with its full trough of water, and here again an arched door of oak, with an iron knocker, and a rough log for the door-step.

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This travelling-closet was an exact square, with a window in the middle of three of the squares, and each window was latticed with iron wire on the outside, to prevent accidents in long journeys.