Meaning & use
lattice windows
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Meaning
nounplural
Windows made of small panes of glass held in a crisscross frame, usually of lead or wood, forming a diamond or square pattern.
Grammar: Plural: the lattice windows glittered; singular is a lattice window.
Patterns
- lattice windows in something
- lattice windows on something
The old cottage had small lattice windows overlooking the garden.
Light came through the lattice windows in a diamond pattern.
The castle's lattice windows were made of tiny lead-framed panes.
Word forms
| singular | lattice window |
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Common combinations
- leaded lattice windows
- Leaded lattice windows are common in Tudor houses.
- diamond lattice windows
- Diamond lattice windows decorate the old church.
- open the lattice windows
- She opened the lattice windows to let in the breeze.
- through the lattice windows
- We watched the rain through the lattice windows.
- cottage with lattice windows
- They bought a cottage with lattice windows.
Synonyms and how they differ
- leaded windows
- Describes the lead strips holding the panes, a common construction of lattice windows.
- casement windows
- Are windows that swing open on hinges; they may or may not have a lattice pattern.
- mullioned windows
- Are divided by vertical stone or wood bars, not a crisscross pattern.
Opposites
Word family
- lattice noun
- a crisscross framework of strips
- latticed adjective
- made with a crisscross pattern
- latticework noun
- an openwork structure of crossed strips
- window noun
- an opening in a wall fitted with glass
Commonly confused: lattice windows or lettuce?
lattice windows vs lettuce
Lettuce is a salad plant and sounds similar to lattice, but they are unrelated.
Practice
Which window is a lattice window?
Choose one answer.
Lattice means a crisscross pattern, so the window has small panes in such a frame. A single sheet or an opening with no glass does not match.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “lattice windows”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.