Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb honeycomb

3 senses of honeycomb

Sense 1
honeycomb -- (carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed")
       => fret -- (carve a pattern into)

Sense 2
honeycomb -- (penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization")
       => penetrate, perforate -- (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest")

Sense 3
honeycomb -- (make full of cavities, like a honeycomb)
       => change, alter, vary -- (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season")

Antonyms of adj honeycombed

1 sense of honeycombed

Sense 1
alveolate, faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted -- (pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb))

INDIRECT (VIA cellular) -> noncellular, acellular -- (not made up of or divided into cells)

Similarity of adj honeycombed

1 sense of honeycombed

Sense 1
alveolate, faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted -- (pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb))
       => cellular (vs. noncellular) -- (characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization); "the cellular construction of a beehive"; "any effective opposition to a totalitarian regime must be secretive and cellular")

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