honeycomb

Etymology
The is derived from, from , from  (ultimately from ) +  (ultimately from ). The English word is analysable as. The  posits that the arrangement of several plates of wax “hanging parallel to each other from the roof of the hive suggests a comb with its teeth”.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey;  a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.
 * 2)  Something resembling honeycomb  in having numerous cells or small holes.
 * 3)  A space-filling packing of polytopes in three- or higher-dimensional space.
 * 4) The texture of the surface of a solar cell, intended to increase its surface area and capture more sunlight.
 * 5)  A defect in a material (especially metal) where small holes are present; specifically, a defect in concrete consisting of numerous voids resulting from the failure of mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.
 * 6)  Material manufactured with small hollow cells, sometimes sandwiched between two flat sheets, which is used to make light, stiff structural components.
 * 7)  Something resembling honeycomb in sweetness; hence, something desirable or pleasant.
 * : honey, sweetheart.
 * 1)  A crumbly confection usually made by boiling together golden syrup, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, and water.
 * 1) The texture of the surface of a solar cell, intended to increase its surface area and capture more sunlight.
 * 2)  A defect in a material (especially metal) where small holes are present; specifically, a defect in concrete consisting of numerous voids resulting from the failure of mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.
 * 3)  Material manufactured with small hollow cells, sometimes sandwiched between two flat sheets, which is used to make light, stiff structural components.
 * 4)  Something resembling honeycomb in sweetness; hence, something desirable or pleasant.
 * : honey, sweetheart.
 * 1)  A crumbly confection usually made by boiling together golden syrup, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, and water.
 * 1)  Something resembling honeycomb in sweetness; hence, something desirable or pleasant.
 * : honey, sweetheart.
 * 1)  A crumbly confection usually made by boiling together golden syrup, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, and water.
 * 1)  Something resembling honeycomb in sweetness; hence, something desirable or pleasant.
 * : honey, sweetheart.
 * 1)  A crumbly confection usually made by boiling together golden syrup, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, and water.
 * : honey, sweetheart.
 * 1)  A crumbly confection usually made by boiling together golden syrup, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, and water.
 * 1)  A crumbly confection usually made by boiling together golden syrup, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, and water.
 * 1)  A crumbly confection usually made by boiling together golden syrup, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, and water.
 * 1)  A crumbly confection usually made by boiling together golden syrup, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, and water.

Translations

 * Albanian:, , ,
 * Arabic: قَرْص اَلْعَسَل
 * Armenian: մեղրախորիսխ
 * Azerbaijani: şan
 * Bashkir: күҙәнәк
 * Basque: aberaska
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian: пчелна пита,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 蜂巢
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, , bijenraat
 * Erzya: керяз
 * Esperanto: mielĉelaro, mielcxelaro,  mielchelaro
 * Estonian: meekärg,
 * Faroese: vakskøka, vakskaka
 * Finnish: hunajakenno,
 * French:, rayon de ruche, alvéole d’abeille,
 * Galician:, entena, , panal, , zarapata
 * Georgian: ფუტკრის ფიჭა
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κηρίον, σχαδών
 * Hindi:, मधु कोष
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: cíor mheala
 * Italian:, , nido d'api,
 * Japanese:, , ハニカム
 * Jarawa: čilemal
 * Kazakh: ара ұясы
 * Korean: 벌집, 벌방
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz: аары уясы
 * Latin: favus
 * Latvian: kāre, šūna
 * Lithuanian: korys
 * Luxembourgish: Ros, Wab
 * Macedonian: саќе
 * Maori: honikoma
 * Middle English: hony comb
 * Mongolian: зөгийн сархинаг
 * Navajo: tsísʼná bitsiiʼáál
 * Ottoman Turkish: پتك
 * Persian:, شان عسل
 * Plautdietsch: Honnichkorf
 * Polabian: varťau
 * Polish: plaster miodu,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cìr-mheala
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: саће, сат
 * Roman: saće,
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: plást
 * Slovene:, satovje
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: anila
 * Tajik: шонаи асал
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: སྦྲང་ཚང
 * Turkish:, (colloquial)
 * Ukrainian: сті́льник
 * Urdu: چھتا, مدھو کوش
 * Uzbek: mumkatak, asalari uyasi
 * Vietnamese: tảng ong
 * Volapük:, mielazioybem,  mielaväk
 * Walloon:, tortea d' låme, raiye di låme
 * Welsh: crwybr


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: ハニカム
 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: саће, сат
 * Roman: saće,
 * Welsh: crwybr


 * Finnish: hunajakenno
 * Macedonian:


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 * Macedonian:


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 * Macedonian:


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 * Macedonian:

Verb

 * 1) To riddle (something) with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb (noun ); also, to cause (something) to become hollow or weakened in this way.
 * 2) To bore cavities or tunnels inside (something).
 * 3) To decorate (something) with a honeycomb pattern.
 * 4)  To make way deeply into (something) so as to weaken it; to undermine.
 * 5)  To ornament (a ceiling) with honeycomb work (see noun ).
 * 6)  To become riddled with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb; also, to become hollow or weakened in this way.
 * 1) To decorate (something) with a honeycomb pattern.
 * 2)  To make way deeply into (something) so as to weaken it; to undermine.
 * 3)  To ornament (a ceiling) with honeycomb work (see noun ).
 * 4)  To become riddled with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb; also, to become hollow or weakened in this way.
 * 1)  To become riddled with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb; also, to become hollow or weakened in this way.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: koristaa kennokuviolla
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: koristaa stalaktiittiholvein
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: reikiintyä
 * Macedonian: