honeycomb Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
  2. noun a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
  3. verb carve a honeycomb pattern into
    • The cliffs were honeycombed
  4. verb penetrate thoroughly and into every part
    • the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization
  5. verb make full of cavities, like a honeycomb

WordNet

Hon"ey*comb` noun
Etymology
AS. hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913