About The Word Honeycomb

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Honeycomb

Honeycomb Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Honeycomb?
[n] a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
[v] mark with a honeycomb pattern [v] make full of cavities, like a honeycomb [v] penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization" [v] carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed" Synonyms | Synonyms for Honeycomb: Related Terms | Find terms related to Honeycomb: alveolation | alveolus | ambrosia | artificial sweetener | auger | bespread | bite | blackstrap | bore | broach | calcium cyclamate | cane syrup | clover honey | colander | comb honey | corn syrup | countersink | crawl with | creep with | cribble | cribriformity | cribrosity | cyclamates | dent | diffuse | dimple | dint | drill | edulcoration | empierce | extend throughout | fill | fix | furrow | gore | gouge | gouge out | hole | honey | honeydew | honeypot | imbue | impale | impress | impression | imprint | indent | indentation | indention | indenture | lance | leave no void | leaven | maple syrup | mine | molasses | nectar | needle | net | notch | occupy | overrun | overset | overspread | overswarm | overthrow | overturn | penetrate | perforate | permeate | pervade | pierce | pink | pit | pock | pockmark | porosity | porousness | prick | print | punch | puncture | ream | ream out | riddle | run through | sabotage | saccharification | saccharin | sap | sap the foundations | screen | sieve | sievelikeness | skewer | sodium cyclamate | sorghum | spear | spike | spit | sponge | stab | stick | strainer | subvert | suffuse | sugar | sugaring off | sugar-making | sunken part | swarm with | sweetener | sweetening | sweets | syrup | tap | teem with | throw down | throw over | transfix | transfuse | transpierce | treacle | trepan | trephine | undermine | upend | upset | weaken See Also | alter | change | crisscross | frame | framework | framing | fret | penetrate | perforate | vary Honeycomb In Webster's Dictionary \Hon"ey*comb`\, n. [AS. hunigcamb. See {Honey}, and
1st {Comb}.]
1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used
by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten
wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a
honeycomb.
{Honeycomb moth} (Zo["o]l.), the wax moth.
{Honeycomb stomach}. (Anat.) See {Reticulum}.
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