| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | lat·tice |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l t  s |
| NOUN: | 1a. 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. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: lat·ticed, lat·tic·ing, lat·tic·es
To construct or furnish with a lattice or latticework. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English latis, from Old French lattis, from latte, lath, of Germanic origin . | | OTHER FORMS: | latticed —ADJECTIVE
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