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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Honeycomb \Hon"ey*comb'\, noun [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} (Zool.), the wax moth.
{Honeycomb stomach}. (Anat.) See {Reticulum}.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
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
verb
1: carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed"
2: penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"
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