cancellated

• Veraltetes Adjektiv, das etwas beschreibt, das ein Muster aus sich kreuzenden Linien aufweist oder an ein Gitter oder Netz erinnert.

An obsolete adjective describing something that is marked with a pattern of crossing lines or resembling a lattice or grid.

1. Latticelike structureC2formal

   Having a structure that resembles a lattice, with a pattern of crossed bars or strips and open spaces.

   Gitterstruktur

   • The cancellated bone tissue is found at the ends of long bones.
   • The architect designed a cancellated facade for the modern building.
   • Under the microscope, the cancellated pattern of the coral was clearly visible.

   Synonymecancellateclathrategrilledlatticedreticulate

2. Open or porous structureC2formal

   Having an open, porous, or perforated texture or composition.

   porös, durchbrochen

   • The cancellated structure of the sponge allows water to flow through it easily.
   • Geologists studied the cancellated rock formation in the cave.
   • The material's cancellated nature makes it lightweight yet strong.

   Synonymecancelloushoneycombedporousspongy

   Antonymecompactdenseimperforateimpermeablenonporoussolid