to honeycomb

Examples

• All

• The eastern end is honeycombed with cellars.

  King of Kings (1961)

• The ground of the Yucatan is simply a limestone slab honeycombed with natural caverns and tunnels carved out over the eons by water action.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The mountain was honeycombed with caves, many far too small for Angus.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The ground under the hotel is honeycombed with caves... hollowed out by water flowing in from the sea.

  Necronomicon (1993)

• The walls, ceiling, and floor are now honeycombed with the alcoves that make up the Borg Collective.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The lower levels of Ylfcwen's palace were honeycombed with storerooms dating to the Early Epochs.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Melina leads Quaid and Benny through a labyrinth of narrow corridors honeycombed with open tombs.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The centuries-old structure was honeycombed with winding passages and unexpected stairways—treacherous quarters for the blind.

  Academic text (1996)

• The walls of the old castle were honeycombed with small openings for archers to shoot from.

• The dry soil was honeycombed, with cracks forming all over the surface after weeks without rain.

Synonyms

P

to perforate

vsto honeycomb

5 5.3

Make a line of small holes so something tears easily

spreads many small cavities over an area rather than a tear line

C

to cavern

vsto honeycomb

7.8

To make a large empty space by hollowing rock or ground

creates many small connected holes across a surface rather than one large hollow

Compounds

H

honeycomb tripe

• Specialized

9.9

The edible lining of a cow's second stomach with a honeycomb texture used as food

How Perforated

to honeycomb

2 6.7

to perforate

5 5.3

to pierce

110 3.5

to puncture

50 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology