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latticework

American  
[lat-is-wurk] / ˈlæt ɪsˌwɜrk /

noun

  1. work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.

  2. a lattice.


Etymology

Origin of latticework

First recorded in 1480–90; lattice + work


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In Tehran, a flatbed truck, decorated with intricate latticework and Arabic Islamic script, carried five caskets, painted in the green, red and white of Iran's flag, including the smallest for Khamenei's 14-month-old granddaughter Zara.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Filming in woods near Nara, and then in the Komyoji forest in Kyoto prefecture, Miyagawa created a latticework of sunlight with tree branches and leaves forming a living carpet of dappled shadows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

The imposing concrete structure, known as the Lower Busch Tank, shows signs of age, with a latticework of cracks across its facade and splintered wood ringing its upper rim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025

They suggest that other factors, such as vibrations in the material's atomic latticework, must account for experimental results that make it look like the law does not apply.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023

That close—twenty yards — and I could see the delicate latticework of the leaves, the texture of the soil, the browned needles beneath the pines, the configurations of geology and human history.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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