Look up: honeycomb

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   Honeycomb
   An interior split, or group of splits, in a block of wood - usually only found in larger sections. Probably due to over-quick drying. Unfortunately, often not discovered until work is in progress.
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   honeycomb
   [n] - a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees 2. [v] - carve a honeycomb pattern into 3. [v] - penetrate thoroughly and into every part 4. [v] - make full of cavities, like a honeycomb 5. [v] - mark with a honeycomb pattern
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   Honeycomb
   Resin-impregnated material, most commonly manufactured in hexagonal cells, that serves as a core in sandwich structure. May also be a metal or a polymer in rigid, open-cell structure.
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   honeycomb
   a grid of intersecting surfaces in a wind tunnel,designed to reduce large-scale disturbances and straighten the flow Category: Physics • and foamed plastics are used extensively as core for sandwich construction, which consist of thin skins or facings separated by a thick low-density core material. Category: Language and literature
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   Honeycomb
   Areas in a foundation wall where the aggregate (gravel) is visible. Honeycombs can be usually be remedied by applying a thin layer of grout or other cement product over the affected area. Also, a method by which concrete is poured and not puddled or vibrated, allowing the edges to have voids or holes after the forms are removed.
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   Honeycomb
   Grid which makes light from a flash (or other source) more directional, like a spot rather than a flood.
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   Honeycomb
   Hon'ey·comb` 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 easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. Honeycomb moth (Zoology) , the wax mot ...
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   honeycomb
   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 easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc, perforated with cells like a honeycomb. ... <anatomy> Honeycomb moth See Reticulum. ... Origin: AS. Hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb. ... Source: Webs ...
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   honeycomb
   noun a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
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    honeycomb
    verb make full of cavities, like a honeycomb
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    honeycomb
    verb penetrate thoroughly and into every part; `the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization`
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    honeycomb
    verb carve a honeycomb pattern into; `The cliffs were honeycombed`
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    Honeycomb
    A `honeycomb` is a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen. Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb to harvest honey. Honey bees consume about 8.4 pounds of honey to secrete one pound of wax (Graham 1992), so it makes economic sense to return the wax to the hive after harvesting the honey, commonly called `pulling honey` or `robbing the bees` by beekeepers. The stru...
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    Honeycomb
    • (n.) Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. • (n.) A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
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    honeycomb
    (from the article `beekeeping`) Bees secrete beeswax in tiny flakes on the underside of the abdomen and mold it into honeycomb, thin-walled, back-to-back, six-sided cells. The use ... ...by inversion of the major portion of its sucrose sugar into the sugars levulose (fructose) and dextrose (glucose) and by the removal of excess ... [...
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    Honeycomb
    Grid which makes light from a flash (or other source) more directional, like a spot rather than a flood
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    HONEYCOMB
    (1) Areas in a foundation wall where the aggregate (gravel) is visible. Honeycombs can be usually be remedied by applying a thin layer of grout or other cement product over the affected area. (2) Method by which concrete is poured and not puddled or vibrated, allowing the edges to have voids or holes after the forms are removed.
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    Honeycomb
    Concrete that, due to lack of the proper amount of fines or vibration, contains abundant interconnected large voids or cavities; concrete that contains honeycombs was improperly consolidated.
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