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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Honeycomb \Hon"ey*comb`\, 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["o]l.), the wax moth. {Honeycomb stomach}. (Anat.) See {Reticulum}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: honeycomb n : a structure of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees v 1: carve a honeycomb pattern into "The cliffs were honeycombed" 2: penetrate thoroughly and into every part "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization" 3: make full of cavities, like a honeycomb 4: mark with a honeycomb pattern
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