Definition of "honeycombing" [honeycombing]

• Present participle of honeycomb. (verb)
• A honeycomb pattern or structure. (noun)

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• "This shell does not prevent the interior from drying, but when this drying occurs the interior is commonly checked along the medullary rays, commonly called "honeycombing" or "hollow-horning.""
• "The hexagonal design makes it easy to add rooms by "honeycombing" more Hexayurts to the original structure."
• "It is due to the structural peculiarities that "honeycombing" occurs in rapid seasoning, that checks or cracks extend radially and follow pith rays, that tangent or "bastard" cut stock shrinks and warps more than that which is quarter-sawn."