honeycomb

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A structure of hexagonal, thin-walled cells constructed from beeswax by honeybees to hold honey and larvae.
• noun Something resembling this structure in configuration or pattern.
• transitive verb To fill with holes or compartments; riddle.
• transitive verb To form in or cover with a pattern like that of a honeycomb.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To fill with cells or holes, as wood or earth, by perforation or excavation, in the manner of a honeycomb.
• noun A structure of wax of a firm texture, consisting of hexagonal cells with concave bottoms ranged side by side, formed by bees for the reception of honey and of their eggs.
• noun Sweet one; darling: a trivial term of endearment. Compare honey, 3.
• noun Any substance, as a casting of iron, etc., having cells like those of a honeycomb.
• noun Specifically In mammalogy, the reticulum or second stomach of a ruminant. See cut under ruminant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
• noun Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb.
• noun (Zoöl.) the wax moth.
• noun (Anat.) See Reticulum.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A structure of hexagonal cells made by bees primarily of wax, to hold their larvae and for storing the honey to feed the larvae and to feed themselves during winter.
• noun Any structure resembling a honeycomb.
• noun construction voids left in concrete resulting from failure of the mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.
• noun aviation Manufactured material used manufacture light, stiff structural components using a sandwich design.
• verb To riddle something with holes, especially in such a pattern.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb penetrate thoroughly and into every part
• 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
• verb make full of cavities, like a honeycomb