Definitions for honeycomb
ˈhʌn iˌkoʊmhon·ey·comb

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. honeycombnoun

   a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae

2. honeycombverb

   a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees

3. honeycombverb

   carve a honeycomb pattern into

   "The cliffs were honeycombed"

4. honeycombverb

   penetrate thoroughly and into every part

   "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"

5. honeycombverb

   make full of cavities, like a honeycomb

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. honeycombnoun

   A structure of hexagonal cells made by bees primarily of wax, to hold their larvae and for storing the honey to feed the larvae and to feed themselves during winter.

2. honeycombnoun

   Any structure resembling a honeycomb.

3. honeycombnoun

   voids left in concrete resulting from failure of the mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.

4. honeycombnoun

   texturing the surface of a cell to increase its surface area and capture more sun.

5. honeycombverb

   To riddle something with holes, especially in such a pattern.

   Termites will honeycomb a porch made of untreated pine.

6. Etymology: From honey + comb.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Honeycomb

   A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal prismatic wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen. Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb to harvest honey. Honey bees consume about 8.4 lb (3.8 kg) of honey to secrete 1 lb (450 g) of wax, and so beekeepers may return the wax to the hive after harvesting the honey to improve honey outputs. The structure of the comb may be left basically intact when honey is extracted from it by uncapping and spinning in a centrifugal machine, more specifically a honey extractor. If the honeycomb is too worn out, the wax can be reused in a number of ways, including making sheets of comb foundation with hexagonal pattern. Such foundation sheets allow the bees to build the comb with less effort, and the hexagonal pattern of worker-sized cell bases discourages the bees from building the larger drone cells. Fresh, new comb is sometimes sold and used intact as comb honey, especially if the honey is being spread on bread rather than used in cooking or as a sweetener. Broodcomb becomes dark over time, due to empty cocoons and shed larval skins embedded in the cells, alongside being walked over constantly by other bees, resulting in what is referred to as a 'travel stain' by beekeepers when seen on frames of comb honey. Honeycomb in the "supers" that are not used for brood (e.g. by the placement of a queen excluder) stays light-colored. Numerous wasps, especially Polistinae and Vespinae, construct hexagonal prism-packed combs made of paper instead of wax; in some species (such as Brachygastra mellifica), honey is stored in the nest, thus technically forming a paper honeycomb. However, the term "honeycomb" is not often used for such structures.

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1. honeycomb

   A honeycomb is a structure of hexagonal cells made by bees from beeswax, typically filled with honey. In a broader sense, 'honeycomb' can also refer to any structure that consists of a similar network of hexagonal compartments.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Honeycombnoun

   a mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs

2. Honeycombnoun

   any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb

3. Etymology: [AS. hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb.]

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1. Honeycomb

   A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen. Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb to harvest honey. Honey bees consume about 8.4 lbs of honey to secrete 1 lb of wax, so it makes economic sense to return the wax to the hive after harvesting the honey, commonly called "pulling honey" or "robbing the bees" by beekeepers. The structure of the comb may be left basically intact when honey is extracted from it by uncapping and spinning in a centrifugal machine—the honey extractor. If the honeycomb is too worn out, the wax can be reused in a number of ways, including making sheets of comb foundation with hexagonal pattern. Such foundation sheets allow the bees to build the comb with less effort, and the hexagonal pattern of worker-sized cell bases discourages the bees from building the larger drone cells. Fresh, new comb is sometimes sold and used intact as comb honey, especially if the honey is being spread on bread rather than used in cooking or to sweeten tea. Broodcomb becomes dark over time, because of the cocoons embedded in the cells and the tracking of many feet, called travel stain by beekeepers when seen on frames of comb honey. Honeycomb in the "supers" that are not allowed to be used for brood stays light coloured.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. honeycomb

   A spongy kind of flaw in the metal of ordnance, generally due to faulty casting.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. honeycomb

   A defect in guns resembling the cells of wax in which the bee stores her honey. These flaws in the metal arise either from careless or imperfect casting, or from long disuse of a gun and exposure to damp. A honeycombed gun is liable to burst in firing.

Matched Categories

1. • Beehive
   • Change
   • Fret
   • Penetrate
   • Structure

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of honeycomb in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of honeycomb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of honeycomb in a Sentence

1. Erik La Hei:

   Sugar melts at a temperature that is higher than what’s needed to boil water, so the honeycomb toffee mix is both hotter and ‘stickier,’.

2. Jennifer Andresen:

   When I'm with my kids, it can ruin the moment if we are doing something special, at one of the playgrounds there is a honeycomb looking thing and I can't take them to play there anymore.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=honeycomb
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Honeycomb
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeycomb
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honeycomb
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=honeycomb
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=honeycomb
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=honeycomb