honeycomb

4 definitions • 4 examples

a wax structure containing many small holes, made by bees to store their honey

something with a similar structure:

honeycomb of The hotel complex was a honeycomb of rooms and courtyards (= there were many small rooms and passages).

a sweet, light, hard food that can be broken into pieces and is made from sugar, syrup, and bicarbonate of soda:

One of the most popular chocolate bars consists of honeycomb covered with milk chocolate.

I love honeycomb ice-cream.

a structure bees make in which to store honey, having many small separate areas, or fig. any space divided into many small, separate areas or paths:

The building was a honeycomb of private offices.