Honeycomb
[huhn-ee-kohm] /ˈhʌn iˌkoʊm/
noun
1.
a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
2.
a piece of this containing honey and chewed as a sweet.
3.
anything whose appearance suggests such a structure, especially in containing many small units or holes:
The building was a honeycomb of offices and showrooms.
4.
the reticulum of a ruminant.
5.
Textiles.
adjective
6.
having the structure or appearance of a honeycomb.
verb (used with object)
7.
to cause to be full of holes; pierce with many holes or cavities:
an old log honeycombed with ant burrows.
8.
to penetrate in all parts:
a city honeycombed with vice.
/ˈhʌnɪˌkəʊm/
noun
1.
a waxy structure, constructed by bees in a hive, that consists of adjacent hexagonal cells in which honey is stored, eggs are laid, and larvae develop
2.
something resembling this in structure or appearance
3.
(zoology) another name for reticulum (sense 2)
verb (transitive)
4.
to pierce or fill with holes, cavities, etc
5.
to permeate: honeycombed with spies
n.
Old English hunigcamb; see honey (n.) + comb (n). Probably the image is from wool combing. Transferred use, of structures of similar appearance, from 1520s. As a verb, from 1620s (implied in honeycombed).
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