What is the difference between honeycomb and beeswax?
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A structure of hexagonal cells made by bees primarily of wax, to hold their larvae and for storing the honey to feed the larvae and to feed themselves during winter.
Any structure resembling a honeycomb.
* 1797 Adams, John, (Letter from John Adams to Uriah Forrest, June 20, 1797), compiled in Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia , at http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Notable_Comments_on_Jefferson_(Contemporary)
(construction) voids left in concrete resulting from failure of the mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.
(aviation) Manufactured material used manufacture light, stiff structural components using a sandwich design.
(solar cell) texturing the surface of a cell to increase its surface area and capture more sun. http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2009/07/creating-not-overly-disruptive-changes-in-solar-manufacturing?cmpid=WNL-Friday-July17-2009
To riddle something with holes, especially in such a pattern.
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
(colloquial) “Business”; in phrases like mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.
To polish (something) with beeswax.
As nouns the difference between honeycomb and beeswax
is that honeycomb is a structure of hexagonal cells made by bees primarily of wax, to hold their larvae and for storing the honey to feed the larvae and to feed themselves during winter while beeswax is a wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.As verbs the difference between honeycomb and beeswax
is that honeycomb is to riddle something with holes, especially in such a pattern while beeswax is to polish (something) with beeswax.honeycomb
English
(wikipedia honeycomb)Noun
(en noun)- The wood porch was a honeycomb of termite tunnels before we replaced it.
- [there is in Jefferson]...evidence of a mind soured, yet seeking for popularity, and eaten to a honeycomb with ambition....
Derived terms
* honeycomb moth * honeycomb stomachReferences
Verb
(en verb)- Termites will honeycomb a porch made of untreated pine.