Anagram Solver
Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler
Showing words for HONEYCOMB using the English dictionary
9 Letter Words for Honeycomb
7 Letter Words for Honeycomb
6 Letter Words for Honeycomb
5 Letter Words for Honeycomb
4 Letter Words for Honeycomb
3 Letter Words for Honeycomb
Definitions for Honeycomb
[1] a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
[2] a piece of this containing honey and chewed as a sweet.
[3] anything whose appearance suggests such a structure, especially in containing many small units or holes: The building was a honeycomb of offices and showrooms.
[4] the reticulum of a ruminant.
[5] Textiles . Also called waffle cloth. a fabric with an embossed surface woven in a pattern resembling a honeycomb. the characteristic weave of such a fabric.
[6] having the structure or appearance of a honeycomb.
[7] to cause to be full of holes; pierce with many holes or cavities: an old log honeycombed with ant burrows.
[8] to penetrate in all parts: a city honeycombed with vice.
[9] a waxy structure, constructed by bees in a hive, that consists of adjacent hexagonal cells in which honey is stored, eggs are laid, and larvae develop
[10] something resembling this in structure or appearance
[11] zoology another name for reticulum (def. 2)
[12] to pierce or fill with holes, cavities, etc
[13] to permeate honeycombed with spies
Words related to Honeycomb
puncture, mar, pervade, corrupt, infest, pepper, permeate, pierce, probe, punch, drive, slit, stab, drill, penetrate, bore, pit, hole, damage, impair
Words nearby Honeycomb
honey-eater, honey-sweet, honeybee, honeyberry, honeybunch, honeycomb, honeycomb lung, honeycomb moth, honeycomb tripe, honeycomb work, honeycreeper
Origin of Honeycomb
before 1050; Middle English huny-comb, Old English hunigcamb. See honey, comb1
Synonyms for Honeycomb
puncture, bore, drill, drive, hole, penetrate, permeate, pierce, pit, probe, punch, slit, stab, poke full of holes, shoot full of holes