honeycombed

• Se dit de quelque chose qui est rempli de nombreuses petites cavités ou alvéoles, évoquant les rayons de miel ou les cellules d'une ruche.

Describes something that is filled with many small holes or cavities, resembling a honeycomb.

1. Filled with small cavitiesC1formal

   Having many small holes or cavities, resembling the structure of a honeycomb.

   alvéolé

   • The cliff face was honeycombed with caves and tunnels.
   • The old wooden beam was honeycombed by termites.
   • The rock was honeycombed with tiny air pockets.

   Synonymesalveolatecancellouscellularpittedporousspongy

   Antonymescompactdensesolid

• 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