honeycomb

honeycomb
    n 1: a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from
         beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
    2: a framework 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
    

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.
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   2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten
      wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a
      honeycomb.
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   {Honeycomb moth} (Zool.), the wax moth.

   {Honeycomb stomach}. (Anat.) See {Reticulum}.
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129 Moby Thesaurus words for "honeycomb":
      alveolation, alveolus, ambrosia, artificial sweetener, auger,
      bespread, bite, blackstrap, bore, broach, calcium cyclamate,
      cane syrup, clover honey, colander, comb honey, corn syrup,
      countersink, crawl with, creep with, cribble, cribriformity,
      cribrosity, cyclamates, dent, diffuse, dimple, dint, drill,
      edulcoration, empierce, extend throughout, fill, fix, furrow, gore,
      gouge, gouge out, hole, honey, honeydew, honeypot, imbue, impale,
      impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention,
      indenture, lance, leave no void, leaven, maple syrup, mine,
      molasses, nectar, needle, net, notch, occupy, overrun, overset,
      overspread, overswarm, overthrow, overturn, penetrate, perforate,
      permeate, pervade, pierce, pink, pit, pock, pockmark, porosity,
      porousness, prick, print, punch, puncture, ream, ream out, riddle,
      run through, sabotage, saccharification, saccharin, sap,
      sap the foundations, screen, sieve, sievelikeness, skewer,
      sodium cyclamate, sorghum, spear, spike, spit, sponge, stab, stick,
      strainer, subvert, suffuse, sugar, sugar-making, sugaring off,
      sunken part, swarm with, sweetener, sweetening, sweets, syrup, tap,
      teem with, throw down, throw over, transfix, transfuse,
      transpierce, treacle, trepan, trephine, undermine, upend, upset,
      weaken