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LATTICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal
Synonyms:
fretwork; lattice; latticework
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lattice" is a kind of...):
frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)
Meronyms (parts of "lattice"):
lath (a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lattice"):
treillage; trellis (latticework used to support climbing plants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lattice" is a kind of...):
opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)
Meronyms (parts of "lattice"):
stump ((cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("lattice" is a kind of...):
arrangement; organisation; organization; system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lattice"):
Bravais lattice; crystal lattice; space lattice (a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb lattice
Context examples:
Timidly she crept from her lattice, put her hand on Roderigo's shoulder, and was about to leap gracefully down when "Alas! Alas for Zara!" she forgot her train.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Results show that graphene, a tight, honeycomb lattice of carbon, could be an alternative to chemicals now used in mosquito repellants and protective clothing.
(Graphene shield shows promise in blocking mosquito bites, National Institutes of Health)
Notwithstanding which, she got out in the night; forced the lattice of a window, that I had nailed up myself; dropped on a vine that was trailed below; and never has been seen or heard of, to my knowledge, since.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The arched door stood right in the face of us, and on one side a lattice hung open upon its hinges.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Competing antigen inhibits lattice formation and decreases absorbance in proportion to the amount of antigen present in a biological specimen.
(Kinetic Microparticle Immunoassay, NCI Thesaurus)
No sooner had twilight, that hour of romance, began to lower her blue and starry banner over the lattice, than I rose, opened the piano, and entreated him, for the love of heaven, to give me a song.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A breach in one single pane of glass would have been immediate death: nor could any thing have preserved the windows, but the strong lattice wires placed on the outside, against accidents in travelling.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
One-half of the lattice window was swinging on its hinge, and a cloth cap lying upon the table was the only sign of the occupant.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was a good four miles of a walk, but when we reached it you would not wish to see a more cosy little house: all honeysuckle and creepers, with a wooden porch and lattice windows.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
