Honeycomb

n.	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.

Noun	1.	honeycomb - a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
Verb	1.	honeycomb - carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed"
	2.	honeycomb - penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"
	3.	honeycomb - make full of cavities, like a honeycomb

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