hon|ey|comb

hon|ey|comb
hon|ey|comb «HUHN ee KOHM», noun, adjective, verb.
–n.
1. a structure of wax containing rows of six-sided cells formed by bees, in which to store honey, pollen, and their eggs; comb.
2. anything like this, such as a type of automobile radiator, or a type of architectural construction having a regular cellular pattern.
3. the second stomach of a ruminant animal; reticulum.
4. a bath sponge of commercial value found in the Mediterranean Sea.
–adj.
like a honeycomb; arranged in the form of a honeycomb: »

a honeycomb weave of cloth.

–v.t.
1. to pierce with many holes; make like a honeycomb: »

The old castle was honeycombed with passages.

2. Figurative. to weaken or harm by spreading through; undermine: »

His theory is honeycombed with errors of fact.

–v.i.
to become like a honeycomb.
╂[Old English hunigcamb]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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