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honeycomb Definition

honey·comb (hun′ē kōm′)

noun

  1. the structure of six-sided wax cells made by bees to hold their honey or eggs
  2. anything like this in structure or appearance

Etymology: ME hunicomb < OE hunigcamb < hunig, honey + camb, comb

transitive verb

  1. to cause to have many holes like a honeycomb; riddle
  2. to permeate or undermine honeycombed with intrigue

intransitive verb

to become riddled with holes like a honeycomb

adjective

of, like, or patterned after a honeycomb

honeycomb Synonyms

honeycomb

n.

comb, maze, labyrinth, sieve, pattern, filter; see also maze, screen.

honeycomb Usage Examples

Object

  • gorge: Cresswell Crags ' is a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves and smaller fissures.
  • reef: Intertidal seagrass beds and honeycomb worm reefs are susceptible to damage by trampling and visitor pressure.
  • appearance: Under the microscope, cancellous bone has a honeycombed appearance because it is laced with trabeculae that greatly increase surface area.

Converse of object

  • make: If the surface is too sticky the component building block molecules won't circulate and find their complementary bonding partners to make the honeycomb.
  • involve: They are in fact, more complex structures involving a honeycomb of cracks and crevices in which bacteria thrive.
  • build: This that we are now created the body, cell by cell, like bees building a honeycomb.

Adjective modifier

  • ceramic: The metals are deposited as thin layers onto a ceramic honeycomb.

Modifies a noun

  • grille: On Zs, this is a complete one piece black plastic shroud with a honeycomb grille.
  • worm: Honeycomb worm reefs: These are golden honeycomb-like mounds, 1-2 feet, high found on the shore made by marine worms.
  • sandwich: Petras, A. , Sutcliffe, M.P.F. Failure mode maps for honeycomb sandwich panels.
  • core: The void between the skins is infilled with a honeycomb core material which is bonded to both inside faces of the zintec steel sheets.
  • panel: Five honeycomb impact protection panels use our ceramic coated composite mesh for extra performance.
  • structure: In the middle space it has a honeycomb structure, through which is mingled the bone marrow.

Noun used with modifier

  • aluminum: This is a sample which shows the compressive, shock absorbing strength of an aluminum honeycomb panel.
  • paper: As well as displaying the Ultra Board Range of lightweight paper honeycomb boards, Dufaylite will also be launching PRINT KITS.
  • metal: Lu, T.J. Heat transfer efficiency of metal honeycombs.

Preposition: of

  • crack: They are in fact, more complex structures involving a honeycomb of cracks and crevices in which bacteria thrive.
  • cell: Here he has uncovered a magnificent palace of late republican Rome - with a honeycomb of slaves cells underneath the dining room floor.
  • tunnel: In these two cases the badgers had created a honeycomb of tunnels which were an estimated 20 meters in length.

Preposition: with

  • cave: A narrow beach running round a rocky promontory, honeycombed with caves, viewed from the sea.
honeycomb Quotes

And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

—Bible (NewTestament)

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

—Bible (Old Testament)