honeycomb B2 Topic:Animals US /ˈhʌniˌkoʊm/ UK /ˈhʌnikəʊm/ See IPA manual Freq #35509 Meanings 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. 2 noun a structure or pattern of many small adjoining cells or cavities The panel has an aluminum honeycomb between two thin outer sheets. 3 verb to fill or penetrate something with many holes, passages, or distributed elements Decades of tunneling had honeycombed the hillside. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a structure of hexagonal... comb 2 noun · a structure or pattern of... cellular structurelattice 3 verb · to fill or penetrate... perforateriddlepermeate Word family Forms honeycombed Derived forms honeycombedhoneycombinghoneycomblike Related forms beeswaxhivecell 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. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # honeycomb **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈhʌniˌkoʊm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhʌnikəʊm/ **Frequency rank:** 35509 ## Meanings 1. a structure of hexagonal wax cells made by bees to hold honey, pollen, and developing young 2. a structure or pattern of many small adjoining cells or cavities 3. to fill or penetrate something with many holes, passages, or distributed elements ## Examples - The beekeeper lifted a frame of honeycomb from the hive. - The panel has an aluminum honeycomb between two thin outer sheets. - Decades of tunneling had honeycombed the hillside. ## Synonyms - comb - cellular structure - lattice ## Derived Forms - honeycombed - honeycombing - honeycomblike ## Related Forms - beeswax - hive - cell ## 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. ## Topics - Animals markdown