Meanings
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1
noun
a structure of hexagonal wax cells made by bees to hold honey, pollen, and developing young
The beekeeper lifted a frame of honeycomb from the hive.
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2
noun
a structure or pattern of many small adjoining cells or cavities
The panel has an aluminum honeycomb between two thin outer sheets.
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3
verb
to fill or penetrate something with many holes, passages, or distributed elements
Decades of tunneling had honeycombed the hillside.
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Etymology
From Old English hunigcamb, a compound of honey + comb. The verb and extended noun senses arose from the comb's repeating cells and the many cavities they create.