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comb-honey

comb-honey noun: unprocessed honey that is still situated in its original beeswax cells.

Noun

comb-honey (usually uncountable, plural comb-honeys)

  1. (usually) Unprocessed honey that is still situated in its original beeswax cells.
    • They are considered to be an all-purposes bee, but their comb-honey is not quite so good as that of the native kind: they are not equal to the latter as comb-builders, and are often hard to persuade to enter the supers;1887, By Samuel Simmins, A Modern Bee-farm and Its Economic Management, page 42
    • The recent increase in the sale of alfalfa comb-honey has caused many grocers to hesitate to buy any comb-honey, for fear previous unpleasant experiences may be repeated and leave them with unsalable granulated comb-honey on hand.1915, Everett Franklin Phillips, Beekeeping, page 305

Forms of comb-honey

pluralcomb-honeys

Origin of comb-honey

From comb + honey.

Questions about comb-honey

What does comb-honey mean?
Comb-honey means unprocessed honey that is still situated in its original beeswax cells.
What part of speech is comb-honey?
Comb-honey is a noun.
What is the plural of comb-honey?
The plural of comb-honey is comb-honeys.

Words near comb-honey in the dictionary

  1. comb-brush
  2. comb-brushes
  3. comb-crested jacana
  4. comb-footed spider
  5. comb-footed spiders
  6. comb-honey
  7. comb-honeys
  8. comb-jellies
  9. comb-jelly
  10. comb-out
  11. comb-outs

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