- hunigcamb
- f (-e/-a) honeycomb
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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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm eaten… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Honeycomb moth — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Honeycomb stomach — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
honeycomb — n. [A.S. hunigcamb] 1. A waxen structure built by bees in their nests consisting of an aggregation of hexagonal cells used as breeding cells for larvae and the storage of honey. 2. Any structure resembling a honeycomb … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
honeycomb — /hun ee kohm /, n. 1. a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs. 2. a piece of this containing honey and chewed as a sweet. 3. anything whose appearance suggests such … Universalium
honeycomb — (n.) O.E. hunigcamb; see HONEY (Cf. honey) + COMB (Cf. comb) (n). Probably the image is from wool combing. Transferred use, of structures of similar appearance, from 1520s. As a verb, from 1620s (implied in honeycombed) … Etymology dictionary
honeycomb — /ˈhʌnikoʊm / (say huneekohm) noun 1. a structure of wax containing rows of hexagonal cells, formed by bees for the reception of honey and pollen and of their eggs. 2. any substance, as a casting of iron, etc., having cells like those of a… …
honeycomb — [hun′ē kōm΄] n. [ME hunicomb < OE hunigcamb < hunig, HONEY + camb, COMB1] 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 vt. 1. to cause to have many holes… … English World dictionary
honeycomb — n. & v. n. 1 a structure of hexagonal cells of wax, made by bees to store honey and eggs. 2 a a pattern arranged hexagonally. b fabric made with a pattern of raised hexagons etc. 3 tripe from the second stomach of a ruminant. 4 a cavernous flaw… … Useful english dictionary
hon|ey|comb — «HUHN ee KOHM», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. a structure of wax containing rows of six sided cells formed by bees, in which to store honey, pollen, and their eggs; comb. 2. anything like this, such as a type of automobile radiator, or a type of… … Useful english dictionary
