Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

honey-comb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: hon-ey--comb
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated form of honeycomb.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"So vvee read that God manifeſted by the Lots vvhich Saul cauſed to be dravvn [1 Sam[uel] 14.43.] the fault that Jonathan had committed, in eating a honey-comb, contrary to the oath taken by the people."
"[T]o the altar each man brought some goodly offering, […] a waxen honey-comb / Dripping with oozy gold which scarce the bee / Had ceased from building, […]"
"Popular items in the show: […] Alain Glass's bee box, containing an occupied honey-comb (the bees are dead); […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

honey-combs (plural)

Questions

What does honey-comb mean?: Dated form of honeycomb.

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