latticework

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noun

A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.

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Meanings

nounlatticework (countable and uncountable, plural latticeworks)

plural latticeworks · alternative lattice-work

  1. countableuncountableA lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.

    Because Flock cameras are all connected, the result is a nationwide latticework of recorded activity.

    2026 July 30, T.M. Brown, “Flock cameras are getting mobbed”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2026
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    A vine-like latticework of stars frosted the southern sky, and with his eyes he interlinked these spangled vines till he could trace many ice-white resemblances ...

    1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1

    On the former North Eastern Railway the signalling methods followed for many years resulted in a great number of structures being provided, all of substantial design, with tall latticework posts and sometimes duplicate arms below.

    1952 February, “New Type of Signal Bridge Near Sunderland”, in Railway Magazine, page 88

    Decorative arches intersect the graceful latticework of the expansive ridge and furrow trainshed rooves, woven together by a staggering tessellation of 48,000 glass panels.

    2023 October 18, Nick Brodrick, “The grand gateway to Glasgow”, in RAIL, number 994, page 32

Synonyms & antonyms

nounframework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan gelosia
  • gelosiaa lattice structure
Dutch latwerk
  • latwerka lattice structure
Finnish ristikko
  • ristikkoa lattice structure
German Lattenwerk
  • Lattenwerka lattice structure
Latin transenna
  • transennaa lattice structure
Māori harapaki
  • harapakia lattice structure
Cite this entry
APA

latticework. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latticework

MLA

“latticework.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latticework. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “latticework,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latticework.

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