| n. | 1. | A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs. | ||||||
| 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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| Noun | 1. | honeycomb - a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees |
| Verb | 1. | honeycomb - carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed" |
| 2. | honeycomb - penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization" | |
| 3. | honeycomb - make full of cavities, like a honeycomb |
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