clathrate

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
clath=rate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective clathrate has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

clathratea. [L. clathri lattice, Gr. klh,qra.].
  •  Shaped like a lattice; cancellate.  Gray.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

clathrate, n. Chem. a solid in which one component is enclosed in the structure of another.

Etymology
L clathratus f. clathri lattice-bars f. Gk klethra

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