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honeycombing

honeycombing noun: a honeycomb pattern or structure. Also the present participle and gerund of honeycomb.

Noun

honeycombing (plural honeycombings)

  1. A honeycomb pattern or structure.
    • the contiguous honeycombings of the land and the titan mountains1936, H. P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness
  2. An appearance of the presence of small cystic spaces with irregularly thickened walls composed of fibrous tissue, observed in widespread pulmonary fibrosis.
    Synonyms:
    honeycomb lung

Also used as

honeycombing is also the present participle and gerund of honeycomb.

Synonyms of honeycombing

Forms of honeycombing

pluralhoneycombings

Questions about honeycombing

What does honeycombing mean?
Honeycombing means a honeycomb pattern or structure.
What part of speech is honeycombing?
Honeycombing is a noun.
What is the plural of honeycombing?
The plural of honeycombing is honeycombings.

Words near honeycombing in the dictionary

  1. honeycomb toffee
  2. honeycomb tripe
  3. honeycomb tripes
  4. honeycomb work
  5. honeycombed
  6. honeycombing
  7. honeycombings
  8. honeycomblike
  9. honeycombs
  10. honeycreeper
  11. honeycreepers

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