Honeycomb vs. Beehive

Honeycombnoun

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.

Honeycombnoun

(by extension) Any structure resembling a honeycomb.

Honeycombnoun

(construction) Voids left in concrete resulting from failure of the mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.

Honeycombnoun

(aviation) Manufactured material used manufacture light, stiff structural components using a sandwich design.

Honeycombnoun

(solar cell) The texture of the surface of a solar cell, intended to increase its surface area and capture more sunlight.

Honeycombnoun

(geometry) A space-filling packing of polytopes in 3- or higher-dimensional space.

Honeycombverb

To riddle something with holes, especially in such a pattern.

Honeycombnoun

A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.

Honeycombnoun

Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb.

Honeycombnoun

a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees

Honeycombverb

carve a honeycomb pattern into;

Honeycombverb

penetrate thoroughly and into every part;

Honeycombverb

make full of cavities, like a honeycomb

Honeycomb

A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal prismatic wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen. Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb to harvest honey.

Beehivenoun

An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.

Beehivenoun

A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.

Beehivenoun

(figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.

Beehivenoun

A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.

Beehivenoun

A particular style of hat.

Beehivenoun

A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.

Beehivenoun

(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life configuration with a rounded appearance.

Beehiveverb

To fill (a place) with busy activity.

Beehivenoun

A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.

Beehivenoun

any workplace where people are very busy

Beehivenoun

a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

Beehivenoun

a hairdo resembling a beehive

Beehivenoun

a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

Beehive

A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the subgenus Apis live and raise their young. Though the word beehive is commonly used to describe the nest of any bee colony, scientific and professional literature distinguishes nest from hive.