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▸ noun: (countable, by extension) Something resembling honeycomb (sense 1) in having numerous cells or small holes.
▸ noun: (countable, geometry) A space-filling packing of polytopes in three- or higher-dimensional space.
▸ noun: (countable, technology)
▸ noun: The texture of the surface of a solar cell, intended to increase its surface area and capture more sunlight.
▸ noun: (archaic) A defect in a material (especially metal) where small holes are present; specifically (construction), a defect in concrete consisting of numerous voids resulting from the failure of mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.
▸ noun: (chiefly aviation) Material manufactured with small hollow cells, sometimes sandwiched between two flat sheets, which is used to make light, stiff structural components.
▸ noun: (countable, figurative) Something resembling honeycomb in sweetness; hence, something desirable or pleasant.
▸ noun: (countable, archaic) Used as a term of endearment: honey, sweetheart.
▸ noun: (uncountable, chiefly Australia, British, often attributive) A crumbly confection usually made by boiling together golden syrup, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, and water.
▸ verb: (transitive, often passive voice)
▸ verb: To riddle (something) with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb (noun sense 1); also, to cause (something) to become hollow or weakened in this way.
▸ verb: To bore cavities or tunnels inside (something).
▸ verb: To decorate (something) with a honeycomb pattern.
▸ verb: (figurative, chiefly passive voice) To make way deeply into (something) so as to weaken it; to undermine.
▸ verb: (architecture) To ornament (a ceiling) with honeycomb work (see noun sense 2.4).
▸ verb: (intransitive, also figurative, archaic) To become riddled with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb; also, to become hollow or weakened in this way.
▸ noun: (countable, zoology) Short for honeycomb stomach (“the reticulum or second compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant”). [The reticulum (the second stomach of a ruminant).]
▸ noun: (uncountable, architecture) Short for honeycomb work (“especially in Moorish architecture: a form of ceiling ornamentation (especially of an arch or dome) made up of small vaulted arches”). [(architecture) A form of ceiling ornamentation (especially of an arch or dome) made up of small vaulted arches, especially in Moorish architecture.]
Similar:
faveolate,
pitted,
cavitied,
alveolate,
cellular,
hive,
bee-hive,
honey,
honey house,
honeybag,
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