honeycombed

English

Adjective

honeycombed (comparative more honeycombed, superlative most honeycombed)

  1. Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.
    • 1958 April, “The Why and the Wherefore: Engine Lost in Mining Subsidence”, in Railway Magazine, page 293:
      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.
    • 2021 September 25, Kitty Empire, “Róisín Murphy review – a triumphant dancefloor workout”, in The Guardian[1]:
      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.

Verb

honeycombed

  1. simple past and past participle of honeycomb

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