cancellated

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

• 🇵🇹Adjetivo raro ou arcaico que descreve algo marcado por um padrão de linhas cruzadas ou semelhante a uma grade ou rede. Em contextos de arquitetura e botânica, refere-se a estruturas com abertura em forma de grade ou treliça.

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.

   🇵🇹Estrutura reticulada

   Sinônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Poroso

   Sinônimos: cancelloushoneycombedporousspongy

   Antônimos: compactdenseimperforateimpermeablenonporoussolid

• more cancellated comparative form
• most cancellated superlative form