'Clathrate' definitions:
Definition of 'clathrate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows [syn: cancellate, cancellated, clathrate]
adjective
Designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another
Definition of 'Clathrate'
From: GCIDE
- Clathrate \Clath"rate\ (kl[a^]th"r[asl]t), a. [L. clathri lattice, Gr. klh,qra.]
- 1. (Bot.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells. [1913 Webster]