honeycomb

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Editorial note

The skeleton was shipped to Textron Defense Systems in Massachusetts for installation of a fiberglass-phenolic honeycomb structure.

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Quick take

To decorate (something) with a honeycomb pattern.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of honeycomb gathered in one view.

verb

To decorate (something) with a honeycomb pattern.

verb

To bore cavities or tunnels inside (something).

noun

(countable, by extension) Something resembling honeycomb (noun, sense 1) in having numerous cells or small holes.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for honeycomb.

verb

To decorate (something) with a honeycomb pattern.

verb

To bore cavities or tunnels inside (something).

noun

(countable, by extension) Something resembling honeycomb (noun, sense 1) in having numerous cells or small holes.

noun

(countable, figurative) Something resembling honeycomb in sweetness; hence, something desirable or pleasant.

Example sentences

The skeleton was shipped to Textron Defense Systems in Massachusetts for installation of a fiberglass-phenolic honeycomb structure.

Turns out that the print is not quite watertight and the milk oozed between the inner wall and outer wall of the cup, where there is a honeycomb-like space.

So traditionally you have to uncap the honeycomb and then extract the honey using centripetal force.

If you'd recall, Google refused to release code for Android for Tablets (honeycomb) at all.

The cool and unintuitive thing about this gadget is that the honeycomb pattern doesn't actually appear when viewed through the scope.

It's basically a honeycomb sunshade that, like the name says, minimizes reflections from the lens to make the shooter harder to spot.

Rumi (on Conscience) This that we are now created the body, cell by cell, like bees building a honeycomb.

I wonder as well if the honeycomb type structure formed is inherently less prone to structural deformation.

Thanks for the shout out:) I built this after enjoying the pattern in the Android browser on honeycomb (3.0).

Where was the Honeycomb source code before Ice Cream Sandwich got released?

When they pushed ICS out they also included the Honeycomb source.

The truck becomes a moving honeycomb or the aircraft carrier.

Quote examples

Google tried neglecting SD cards from Honeycomb through Jelly Bean (hoping they'd "wither away", I suspect).

"because the UI elements weren’t hardware accelerated until Honeycomb" That's a common misconception.

Proper noun examples

So Amazon's fork gets to Jelly Bean before official Google TV (still on Honeycomb) does?

Android's WebView literally was the system browser until Chrome was released complete with the JIT since Froyo (V8) and hardware rendering since Honeycomb.

Any SQLite problem was critical on Android because until 3.0/Honeycomb, corrupted databases (which could often be automatically repaired) were deleted if developers used the normal data access layer to attempt to open it!