Honeycomb

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Honeycomb \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.
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     2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten
        wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a
        honeycomb.
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     {Honeycomb moth} (Zool.), the wax moth.
  
     {Honeycomb stomach}. (Anat.) See {Reticulum}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  honeycomb
       n : a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb
           built by bees
       v 1: carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were
            honeycombed"
       2: penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the
          revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"
       3: make full of cavities, like a honeycomb

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  129 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, sugar-making, sugaring off,
     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