honeycomb

• Structure de cellules hexagonales en cire construite par les abeilles domestiques dans leur ruche, utilisée pour stocker le miel et le pollen ainsi que pour élever les larves.

A structure of hexagonal wax cells built by honeybees in their hive, used for storing honey, pollen, and housing larvae.

1. Bee structureB1formal

   A structure of hexagonal cells made by bees from beeswax, used to store honey and eggs.

   rayon de miel

   • The beekeeper carefully removed the honeycomb from the hive.
   • Honeycomb is often sold as a natural sweetener.
   • Each cell in the honeycomb is perfectly hexagonal.

   Synonymescomb

2. Pattern or designB2formal

   A pattern or structure resembling the hexagonal cells of a honeycomb.

   Motif en nid d'abeille

   • The building's facade featured a honeycomb design.
   • The material has a honeycomb structure for added strength.
   • The artist painted a honeycomb pattern on the wall.

• Remplir ou percer de cavités ou de trous nombreux, comme les alvéoles d'un rayon de miel ; ou traverser quelque chose d'une multitude de petits orifices ou de passages.

A verb meaning to fill with holes or cavities like a honeycomb, or to permeate or riddle something with many small openings or passages.

1. Fill with holes or cavitiesC1formal

   To fill something with many small holes or cavities, resembling a honeycomb.

   Remplir de cavités

   • The old wooden beam was honeycombed with termite tunnels.
   • The rock was honeycombed with tiny caves and crevices.
   • The cheese was honeycombed with air pockets.

   Synonymesboredrillperforatepiercepockmarkpunctureriddle

   Antonymescompactdensefillpackplugsealsolidify

2. Pervade or spread throughC2formal

   To spread throughout something in a pattern of many small, interconnected parts.

   Pervader en alvéoles

   • Corruption honeycombed the entire organization.
   • The city was honeycombed with secret passages and tunnels.
   • A network of canals honeycombs the region.

   Synonymesimbueinfusepenetratepermeatepervaderiddlesaturatesuffuse