Synonyms:
honeycomb
Meaning: a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
Synonyms:
honeycomb
Meaning: a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
honeycomb
Meaning: make full of cavities, like a honeycomb
Synonyms:
honeycomb
Meaning: penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"
Synonyms:
honeycomb
Meaning: carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed"
Usage examples
Just as the swarm of bees is composed of individual bees, alike in nature and equal in value, so the honeycomb is formed of individual cells, constantly and invariably repeated.
Ages after, a farmer in Grand Chote, Michigan, plowing up his clover field, to sow for winter wheat, picked up a curious bit of "petrified honeycomb," and gave it to the schoolboys to take to their teacher, to hear what he would say about it.