honeycombnoun
uk/ˈhʌn.i.kəʊm/us/ˈhʌn.i.koʊm/[ C or U ] a wax structure containing many small holes, made by bees to store their honey
[ C ] something with a similar structure:
The hotel complex was a honeycomb of rooms and courtyards (= there were many small rooms and passages).
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Frames & structures
- anatomy
- armature
- assembly
- bezel
- carcass
- clothes hanger
- clothes horse
- coat hanger
- construction
- frame
- framework
- gantry
- hanger
- infrastructure
- photo frame
- shell
- skeleton
- stand
- structure
- substructure
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honeycombed
adjective [ after verb ] uk/ˈhʌn.i.kəʊmd/us/ˈhʌn.i.koʊmd/
The tomb was honeycombed with passages and chambers.