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1. (n.) honeycomb
a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and eggs.
2. honeycomb
anything resembling such a structure, esp. in containing many small units or holes.
3. (adj.) honeycomb
having the structure or appearance of a honeycomb.
4. (v.t.) honeycomb
to cause to be full of holes or cavities.
5. honeycomb
to penetrate in all parts, esp. so as to undermine:
a city honeycombed with vice.
Etymology: (bef. 1050)
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| Definition of 'honeycomb' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) honeycomb
a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
2. (verb) honeycomb
a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
3. (verb) honeycomb
carve a honeycomb pattern into
"The cliffs were honeycombed"
4. (verb) honeycomb
penetrate thoroughly and into every part
"the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"
5. (verb) honeycomb
make full of cavities, like a honeycomb
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| Definition of 'honeycomb' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) honeycomb
a mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs
2. (noun) honeycomb
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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Sense: the mass formed by rows of wax cells in which bees store their honey.
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 Afrikaans: heuningkoek |
 Arabic: قُرْص عَسَل |
 Bulgarian: медена пита |
 Brazilian: favo |
 Czech: plástev medu |
 German: die Honigwabe |
 Danish: bikage |
 Greek: κηρήθρα |
 Spanish: panal |
 Estonian: meekärg |
 Farsi: شانه عسل |
 Finnish: hunajakenno |
 French: rayon de miel |
 Hebrew: חַלַת דְבַש |
 Hindi: छत्ता |
 Croatian: sace |
 Hungarian: lép |
 Indonesian: sarang lebah |
 Icelandic: vaxkaka |
 Italian: favo |
 Japanese: みつ蜂の巣 |
 Korean: 벌집 |
 Lithuanian: korys |
 Latvian: medus kāre |
 Malay: sarang lebah madu |
 Dutch: honingraat |
 Norwegian: bi-/vokskake |
 Polish: plaster miodu |
 Persian: شانه عسل |
 Pashto: د شاتو شانه |
 Portuguese: favo |
 Romanian: fagure |
 Russian: медовые соты |
 Slovak: plást medu |
 Slovenian: satovje |
 Serbian: saće |
 Swedish: vaxkaka |
 Thai: รังผึ้ง |
 Turkish: bal peteği |
 Taiwanese: 蜂巢, 蜂房 |
 Ukrainian: медові стільники |
 Urdu: شہد کا چھتا |
 Vietnamese: tầng ong |
 Chinese: 蜜蜂窝，蜂房 |
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