First Known Use: 1914
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graticule
noun grat·i·cule \ˈgra-tə-ˌkyül\
Definition of GRATICULE
1
: reticle
2
: the network of lines of latitude and longitude upon which a map is drawn
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Origin of GRATICULE
French, from Latin craticula fine latticework, diminutive of cratis wickerwork, hurdle
Rhymes with GRATICULE
April fool, Barnaul, blow one's cool, boarding school, charter school, common school, cutty stool, dirty pool, ducking stool, fascicule, gallinule, grammar school, groupuscule, Hartlepool, Istanbul, kilojoule, lenticule, Liverpool, machine tool, magnet school, majuscule, middle school, minischool, minuscule, molecule, motor pool, normal school, nursery school, overrule, private school, public school, reform school, reticule, ridicule, summer school, Sunday school, training school, vestibule, wading pool
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