The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clathrate \Clath"rate\ (kl[a^]th"r[asl]t), a. [L. clathri lattice, Gr. klh,qra.]
(Bot.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate.
--Gray.(Zo["o]l.) Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context biology English) having a lattice-like structure 2 (context chemistry English) of an inclusion complex in which molecules of one compound are enclosed within the crystal structure of another n. (context chemistry English) a clathrate compound
WordNet
adj. having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows [syn: cancellate, cancellated]
designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "clathrate".
And occasionally we find a small pockets of clathrates in the permanight fissures.
If they simply disturbed the clathrates sufficiently, they could start a release, which might then sufficiently lower the pressure to cause a greater release, entraining more and more clathrates as they rise to the surface.
At the temperatures of the deep ocean, around four Celsius, methane clathrates are solids.