a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
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a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
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carve a honeycomb pattern into
<verb.creation> The cliffs were honeycombed
penetrate thoroughly and into every part
<verb.contact> the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization
make full of cavities, like 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.
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} (Zo["o]l.), the wax moth.
{Honeycomb stomach}. (Anat.) See {Reticulum}.
Indolent passengers with big appetites. So as the executions roll on, it is time to ease the top off a hive, shake a honeycomb free of bees and head for the dining table with a grateful cheer of 'up the workers'.
The church had hoped to save the honeycomb and bees, Miller said, but the large size and location, extending under the roof, made it impossible.
Today, Chipangali is a honeycomb of more than 70 large enclosures and aviaries for "The Orphans of the Wild," the title of a book by Wilson published in 1977.
A scraper pole will be used to break the honeycomb into pieces, remove it and collect the honey.
Working inwards, a couple of frames had a crescent of white-capped honeycomb at the sides and top, and a dense block of bumpy brown cappings in the centre where the brood was laid, each hexagonal cell holding a growing grub.