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• lat|tice — «LAT ihs», noun, verb, ticed, tic|ing. –n. 1. wooden or metal strips crossed with open spaces between them: »a cool porch with a vine covered lattice. 2. a window, gate, or other opening, having a lattice. 3. a) the geometrical pattern of… …   Useful english dictionary

• lat´tice|like´ — lat|tice «LAT ihs», noun, verb, ticed, tic|ing. –n. 1. wooden or metal strips crossed with open spaces between them: »a cool porch with a vine covered lattice. 2. a window, gate, or other opening, having a lattice. 3. a) the geometrical pattern… …   Useful english dictionary

• lat|tice|leaf — «LAT ihs LEEF», noun, plural leaves. any of certain Old World monocotyledonous water plants remarkable for their skeleton leaves, which lack cellular tissue between the veins; laceleaf …   Useful english dictionary

• lat|tice|work — «LAT ihs WURK», noun. 1. = lattice. (Cf. ↑lattice) 2. lattices: »Many old New Orleans houses are decorated with wrought iron latticework …   Useful english dictionary

• lat·tice·work — /ˈlætəsˌwɚk/ noun, pl works : a frame or structure made of crossed wood or metal strips [noncount] the intricate latticework of the fence [count] intricate latticeworks sometimes used figuratively gazing up at the sky through a latticework of… …   Useful english dictionary

• tice — ap·pren·tice·ship; en·tice; en·tice·ment; Fac·tice; jus·tice; jus·tice·ship; no·tice·abil·i·ty; no·tice·able; no·tice·ably; pen·tice; ap·pren·tice; brat·tice; lat·tice; no·tice; poul·tice; prac·tice; pren·tice; …   English syllables

• lat — ac·co·lat·ed; acous·ti·co·lat·er·al; ada·lat; aero·phi·lat·e·list; aero·phi·lat·e·ly; am·bi·lat·er·al; an·tero·lat·er·al; bal·lat; be·lat·ed; bi·lat·er·al; bi·lat·er·al·ism; bi·lat·er·al·is·tic; bi·lat·er·al·i·ty; bos·se·lat·ed;… …   English syllables

• lattice — lat·tice …   English syllables

• lattice — lat|tice [ˈlætıs] n 1.) also lat|tice|work [ˈlætıswə:k US wə:rk] a pattern or structure made of long pieces of wood, plastic etc that cross each other so that the spaces between them are shaped like ↑diamonds 2.) technical a regular arrangement… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lattice — lat|tice [ lætıs ] noun count 1. ) a structure consisting of narrow pieces of wood, plastic, metal, etc. crossed over each other with spaces between them: vines twining around a lattice 2. ) a pattern or shape with sets of parallel lines that… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English