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lattice noun [ ˈlatɪs ]

• a structure consisting of strips of wood or metal crossed and fastened together with square or diamond-shaped spaces left between, used as a screen or fence or as a support for climbing plants.
• "honeysuckle was growing up a lattice round the door"
Similar: grid, latticework, fretwork, open framework, openwork, trellis, trelliswork, network, mesh, web, webbing, netting, net, tracery, interlacing, reticulation, reticulum, grate, grating, grille, grillwork, criss-cross, matrix, espalier, filigree, plexus, graticule, reticule, reticle, decussation,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French lattis, from latte ‘lath’, of Germanic origin.


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