Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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}.
Source : WordNet®
honeycomb
n : a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb
built by bees
honeycomb
v 1: carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were
honeycombed"
2: penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the
revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"
3: make full of cavities, like a honeycomb