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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
honeycomb
    n 1: a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from
         beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
    2: a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built
       by bees
    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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten
      wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a
      honeycomb.
      [1913 Webster]

   Honeycomb moth (Zool.), the wax moth.

   Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum.
      [1913 Webster]

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