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HONEYCOMBED
alveolate, faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted
(adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
honeycombed
simple past tense and past participle of honeycomb
Adjective
honeycombed (comparative more honeycombed, superlative most honeycombed)
Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.
Antonyms
• nonhoneycombed
Source: Wiktionary
Hon"ey*combed`, a.
Definition: Formed or perforated like a honeycomb. Each bastion was honeycombed with casements. Motley.
HONEYCOMB
Hon"ey*comb`, n. Etym: [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 (Zoöl.), the wax moth.
– Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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