lat·tice 
(lătĭs)
(lătĭs)n.
1.
a. An open framework made of strips of metal, wood, or similar material overlapped or overlaid in a regular, usually crisscross pattern.
b. A structure, such as a window, screen, or trellis, made of or containing such a framework.
2. Something, such as a decorative motif or heraldic bearing, that resembles an open, patterned framework.
3. Physics
a. A regular, periodic configuration of points, particles, or objects throughout an area or a space, especially the arrangement of ions or molecules in a crystalline solid.
b. The spatial arrangement of fissionable and nonfissionable materials in a nuclear reactor.
tr.v. lat·ticed, lat·tic·ing, lat·tic·es
To construct or furnish with a lattice or latticework.
[Middle English latis, from Old French lattis, from latte, lath, of Germanic origin .]
latticed adj.
- groundsel
- ground sheet
- groundside
- groundsill
- groundskeeper
- groundskeeping
- ground sloth
- ground speed
- groundspeed
- ground squirrel
- ground state
- ground stroke
- ground substance
- groundswell
- ground tissue
- ground truth
- groundtruth
- ground-truth
- groundwater
- ground water
- ground wave
- groundwork
- ground zero
- group
- grouper