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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hon•ey•comb /ˈhʌniˌkoʊm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Agriculturea structure made of rows of six-sided wax holes or compartments, formed by bees in their hive for storing honey, pollen, and their eggs.
adj. [before a noun] - having the structure or appearance of a honeycomb:a honeycomb pattern.
v. [~ + object] - to cause to be full of holes or cavities.
- to penetrate in all parts, esp. so as to weaken:The agency was honeycombed with spies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hon•ey•comb (hun′ē kōm′),USA pronunciation n. - Agriculturea structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
- a piece of this containing honey and chewed as a sweet.
- anything whose appearance suggests such a structure, esp. in containing many small units or holes:The building was a honeycomb of offices and showrooms.
- the reticulum of a ruminant.
- Textiles
- Also called waffle cloth. a fabric with an embossed surface woven in a pattern resembling a honeycomb.
- the characteristic weave of such a fabric.
adj. - having the structure or appearance of a honeycomb.
v.t. - to cause to be full of holes;
pierce with many holes or cavities:an old log honeycombed with ant burrows. - to penetrate in all parts:a city honeycombed with vice.
- Middle English huny-comb, Old English hunigcamb. See honey, comb1 bef. 1050
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: honeycomb /ˈhʌnɪˌkəʊm/ n - a waxy structure, constructed by bees in a hive, that consists of adjacent hexagonal cells in which honey is stored, eggs are laid, and larvae develop
- something resembling this in structure or appearance
- another name for reticulum
vb (transitive)- to pierce or fill with holes, cavities, etc
- to permeate: honeycombed with spies
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