noun 1.a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
2.a piece of this containing honey and chewed as a sweet.
3.anything whose appearance suggests such a structure, especially in containing many small units or holes: The building was a honeycomb of offices and showrooms.
4.the reticulum of a ruminant.
5.Textiles.a.Also called waffle cloth. a fabric with an embossed surface woven in a pattern resembling a honeycomb.
b.the characteristic weave of such a fabric.
adjective 6.having the structure or appearance of a honeycomb.
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verb (used with object) 7.to cause to be full of holes; pierce with many holes or cavities: an old log honeycombed with ant burrows.
8.to penetrate in all parts:
a city honeycombed with vice.
Origin: before 1050; Middle English huny-comb, Old English hunigcamb. See
honey,
comb1