honeycombed

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adjective

Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.

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Meanings

adjectivehoneycombed (comparative more honeycombed, superlative most honeycombed)

comparative more honeycombed · superlative most honeycombed

  1. Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.

    This area is honeycombed with ironstone mines, and signs of an impending subsidence had caused the railway to maintain a continuous watch on the threatened section for several months.

    1958 April 28, “The Why and the Wherefore: Engine Lost in Mining Subsidence”, in Railway Magazine, page 293
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    Even in her Moloko days, she preferred outre get-ups – the sort of thing now thought to be the preserve of Lady Gaga. Tonight, Murphy has also brought along a hat that suggests both The Handmaid’s Tale and beekeeping, and, for a disco cut called Narcissus, a black honeycombed cowl that makes her look like a microphone on legs.

    2021 September 25, Kitty Empire, “Róisín Murphy review – a triumphant dancefloor workout”, in The Guardian
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of honeycomb

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivepitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish kennomainen
  • kennomainenhaving a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb
French alvéolé
  • alvéoléhaving a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb
Irish criathraithe
  • criathraithehaving a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb
Polish poprzecinany
  • poprzecinanyhaving a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb
Portuguese alveolado
  • alveoladohaving a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb
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APA

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MLA

“honeycombed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honeycombed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “honeycombed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honeycombed.

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