Honeycombed

Honeycombed
Honeycombed Hon"ey*combed`, a. Formed or perforated like a honeycomb. [1913 Webster]

Each bastion was honeycombed with casements. --Motley. [1913 Webster]


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  • honeycombed — adjective Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb …   Wiktionary

  • honeycombed — Synonyms and related words: alveolar, alveolate, apertured, crawling, creeping, crible, dented, depressed, dimpled, engraved, faveolate, fenestrated, holey, indented, like Swiss cheese, notched, peppered, perforate, perforated, permeated, pierced …   Moby Thesaurus

  • honeycombed — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. riddled, perforated, patterned; see porous …   English dictionary for students

  • honeycombed — hon|ey|combed [ˈhʌnikəumd US koumd] adj [+with] filled with many holes, hollow passages etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • honeycombed — hon|ey|combed [ hʌni,koumd ] adjective full of holes or tunnels …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • honeycombed — hon·ey·combed || hÊŒnɪkəʊmd adj. having small cells or perforations in the manner of a honeycomb; having a pattern resembling that of a honeycomb …   English contemporary dictionary

  • honeycombed — adjective (+ with) filled with many holes, hollow passages etc …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • honeycombed — adj cellular, cellulate, multicelled, alveolate, Anat., Zool. alveolar; perforated, porous, spongy, spongelike, holey, cribriform, crible , sievelike; pin pricked, pitted, riddled, shot through, punctured, pierced …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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