What is another word for latticework?

Pronunciation: [lˈatɪswˌɜːk] (IPA)

Latticework, also known as lattice or lattice work, refers to a crisscross pattern or a framework of strips, slats, or bars arranged diagonally. A similar term is trellis, which specifically refers to a lattice structure used for supporting climbing plants. Another synonym is fretwork, which refers to a decorative pattern of interlocking geometric shapes, often seen in woodworking or metalworking. Filigree is another term that can be used to describe delicate latticework, often seen in jewelry or metalwork. Finally, grille is a synonym that refers to a lattice structure used for ventilation or security, often seen in windows or fences.

What are the hypernyms for Latticework?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for latticework?

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings to another word. The word "latticework" refers to a network of intersecting strips, often made from wood or metal, that creates a pattern of open spaces. Some of the antonyms for latticework include solid, opaque, dense, and impenetrable. Solid means something that is firm and not easily penetrable; opaque is something that cannot be seen through or is unclear; dense refers to something that is packed tightly together and difficult to pass through; and impenetrable means something that is completely sealed off and impenetrable, like a barrier or wall. All of these words contrast with latticework, which is open and airy in nature.

What are the antonyms for Latticework?

Usage examples for Latticework

The floors of the cars are perforated so as to permit the draining off of water or blood-for men wounded in the mountain fighting are frequently brought down to the hospitals in them-and the sides are of latticework, and, I might add, quite unnecessarily low.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell
Still the door remained closed; but at a long narrow window, which was the duplicate of another on the opposite side of the door, I saw for an instant that a face was pressed against the latticework of the glass.
"The House by the Lock"
C. N. Williamson
"The upper portion of the box is divided by a series of horizontal partitions, the upper ones being open latticework, and the lower ones perforated with numerous holes.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson

Famous quotes with Latticework

  • The Opera House is a splendid edifice, and I wish to take nothing away from it, but my heart belongs to the Harbour Bridge. It's not as festive, but it is far more dominant – you can see it from every corner of the city, creeping into frame from the oddest angles, like an uncle who wants to get into every snapshot. From a distance it has a kind of gallant restraint, majestic but not assertive, but up close it is all might. It soars above you, so high that you could pass a ten-storey building beneath it, and looks like the heaviest thing on earth. Everything that is in it – the stone blocks in its four towers, the latticework of girders, the metal plates, the six-million rivets (with heads like halved apples) – is the biggest of its type you have ever seen. This is a bridge built by people who have had an Industrial Revolution, people with mountains of coal and ovens in which you could melt down a battleship. The arch alone weighs 30,000 tons. This is a great bridge.
    Bill Bryson
  • As he silently approached the last float, a latticework ball of reeds, he offered an unspoken prayer to He Who Always Steps on Sand that even now the little bottom-walkers were pushing and shoving their way into the cage below. Because of his unusual education, which included a year living on Perdruin—unheard of for a Wrannaman—Tiamak did not really believe in He Who Always Steps on Sand anymore, but he still held a fondness for him, such as might be felt for a senile grandfather who often tumbled down from the house, but once brought nuts and carved toys. Besides, it never hurt to pray, even if one did not believe in the object of prayer. It helped to compose the mind, and, at the very least, it impressed others.
    Tad Williams

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