Honeycomb
Honeycomb , noun
[Anglo-Saxon hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb.]
1.
A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
2.
Any substance, as a casting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb.
Collocations (2)
Honeycomb moth (Zoology) , the wax moth.