Definitions for clathrate

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clathrate clath·rate

Spelling: [klath-reyt]

IPA: /ˈklæθ reɪt/

Clathrate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 378 anagrams from letters in clathrate (aacehlrtt).

Definitions for clathrate

noun

1. Chemistry. a substance in which a molecule of one compound fills a cavity within the crystal lattice of another compound.

adjective

1. Biology. resembling a lattice; divided or marked like latticework.

Origin of clathrate

1615-25; Latin clāt(h)rātus, past participle of clāt(h)rāre to fit with bars, verbal derivative of clāt(h)ra bars, lattice Greek, Doric equivalent of Attic klâithra, plural of klêithron bar;