clathrate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clathrate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for clathrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clathrate adj having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows Synonym(s): cancellate, cancellated, clathrate designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clathrate \Clath"rate\ (kl[acr]th"r[asl]t), a. [L. clathri lattice, Gr. klh,qra.] 1. (Bot.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. --Gray. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.