Definizione monolingua

honeycomb

honeycomb (third-person singular simple present honeycombs, present participle honeycombing, simple past and past participle honeycombed)

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

   Termites will honeycomb a porch made of untreated pine.

honeycomb (plural honeycombs)

1. 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.
2. Any structure resembling a honeycomb.

   • The wood porch was a honeycomb of termite tunnels before we replaced it.

   1797 Adams, John, (Letter from John Adams to Uriah Forrest, June 20, 1797), compiled in Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia, at http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Notable_Comments_on_Jefferson_(Contemporary)

   • [there is in Jefferson]...evidence of a mind soured, yet seeking for popularity, and eaten to a honeycomb with ambition....

3. (construction) voids left in concrete resulting from failure of the mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.
4. (solar cell) texturing the surface of a cell to increase its surface area and capture more sun. ^[1]

Definizione dizionario honeycomb

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Altri significati:

structure of cells made by bees

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.

(solar cell) texturing the surface of a cell to increase its surface area and capture more sun.

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

any resembling structure

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

Any structure resembling a honeycomb.