clathrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
    cancellate; cancellated.
  2. adjective satellite designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another

WordNet

Clath"rate adjective
Etymology
L. clathri lattie, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. Gray.
  2. (Zoöl.) Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.

Webster 1913