HONEYCOMB : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: HONEYCOMB	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honeycomb n a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees v carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed" penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization" make full of cavities, like a honeycomb
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Honeycomb \Hon"eycomb`\, 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. 2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. {Honeycomb* moth} (Zo[94]l.), the wax moth. {Honeycomb stomach}. (Anat.) See {Reticulum}.