cancellated

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

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo anticuado que describe algo marcado por un patrón de líneas que se cruzan, o que recuerda a una rejilla o enrejado.

1. Latticelike structure C2 formal

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

   • 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.

   🇪🇸Enrejado

   Sinónimos: cancellateclathrategrilledlatticedreticulate

2. Open or porous structure C2 formal

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

   • 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.

   🇪🇸Estructura abierta o porosa

   Sinónimos: cancelloushoneycombedporousspongy

   Antónimos: compactdenseimperforateimpermeablenonporoussolid

• more cancellated comparative form
• most cancellated superlative form