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honeycombed en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.
    • This area is honeycombed with ironstone mines, and signs of an impending subsidence had caused the railway to maintain a continuous watch on the threatened section for several months. 1958 April 14, “The Why and the Wherefore: Engine Lost in Mining Subsidence”, in Railway Magazine, page 293:
    • Even in her Moloko days, she preferred outre get-ups – the sort of thing now thought to be the preserve of Lady Gaga. Tonight, Murphy has also brought along a hat that suggests both The Handmaid’s Tale and beekeeping, and, for a disco cut called Narcissus, a black honeycombed cowl that makes her look like a microphone on legs. 2021 September 25, Kitty Empire, “Róisín Murphy review – a triumphant dancefloor workout”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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most honeycombed Degree=Sup lexicographic
more honeycombed Degree=Cmp lexicographic

honeycombed en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of honeycomb
    form of honeycomb

Antonyms

nonhoneycombed

Translations (5)

pt alveolado (having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb) · fr alvéolé (having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb) · pl poprzecinany (having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb) · fi kennomainen (having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb) · ga criathraithe (having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb)