'Honeycomb' definitions:
Definition of 'honeycomb'
(from WordNet)
noun
A structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
noun
A framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
verb
Carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed"
verb
Penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"
verb
Make full of cavities, like a honeycomb
Definition of 'Honeycomb'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. [1913 Webster]
- Honeycomb moth (Zool.), the wax moth.
- Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'honeycomb'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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