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   lattice

   /ˈlatɪs/

   noun

   • 1. 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"
   • ▪ an interlaced structure or pattern resembling a lattice: "the lattice of branches above her"
   • ▪ a regular repeated three-dimensional arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a metal or other crystalline solid.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French lattis, from latte ‘lath’, of Germanic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. latticing noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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