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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Honeycomb

/hŭn'-ēk-ōmˌ/ · Hon·ey·comb · IPA /ˈhʌniˌkoʊm/
01 n. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
  1. 1.
    A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
  2. 2.
    Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb.
Phrases & compounds
Honeycomb moth — the wax moth.
Honeycomb stomach — See Reticulum.