Meaning

noun a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae

noun a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees

verb carve a honeycomb pattern into

originThe noun is derived from Middle English honycomb, from Old English huniġcamb, from huniġ (“honey”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks (“honey”)) + camb (“comb”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“peg; tooth; row of teeth”)). The English word is analysable as honey + comb. The Oxford English Dictionary posits that the arrangement of several plates of wax “hanging parallel…

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