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- noun Plural form of
honeycomb . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
honeycomb .
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Examples
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Protect the rich stalls of their honeycombs from the scaly
A Place for the Bees 2005
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Protect the rich stalls of their honeycombs from the scaly
A Place for the Bees 2005
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That ubiquitous denizen of the Great Plains, the gopher, honeycombs the earth, and the French word for 'honeycomb' is gaufre.
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From the outside, honeycombs of amber and limestone embrace the building.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: A Monument of Tolerance in the Heart of Dubai Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2010
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From the outside, honeycombs of amber and limestone embrace the building.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: A Monument of Tolerance in the Heart of Dubai Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2010
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This arrangement is referred to as "hexagonal closest packing;" something often seen in honeycombs or oranges stacked at a fruit stand.
Matt J. Rossano: Are Infinities More Scientific Than God? Matt J. Rossano 2011
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This arrangement is referred to as "hexagonal closest packing;" something often seen in honeycombs or oranges stacked at a fruit stand.
Matt J. Rossano: Are Infinities More Scientific Than God? Matt J. Rossano 2011
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From the outside, honeycombs of amber and limestone embrace the building.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: A Monument of Tolerance in the Heart of Dubai Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2010
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We discovered your gift by accident, years ago — you could not have been more than nine — when you chased a little blue butterfly in the clover between the rows of my hives while I checked the humming honeycombs.
The light that draws the flower James Greer 2011
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According to their fans, these members of the Swedish intelligentsia are telling a deeper truth about Swedish society that, to the naked eye, looks placid and egalitarian but conceals something uglier—xenophobia, misogyny the Swedish title of Lars son's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" is "Men Who Hate Women" and subterranean fascists—that honeycombs the structures of power.
Tattooed by Politics Michael C. Moynihan 2011
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