honeycomb vs stab

honeycomb

noun
  • Manufactured material used to manufacture light, stiff structural components using a sandwich design. 

  • A space-filling packing of polytopes in 3- or higher-dimensional space. 

  • Any structure resembling a honeycomb. 

  • 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. 

  • Voids left in concrete resulting from failure of the mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles. 

  • The texture of the surface of a solar cell, intended to increase its surface area and capture more sunlight. 

verb
  • To riddle something with holes, especially in such a pattern. 

stab

noun
  • A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire. 

  • The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft. 

  • A wound made by stabbing. 

  • An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object. 

  • Pain inflicted on a person's feelings. 

  • Criticism. 

  • An attempt. 

  • A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition. 

verb
  • To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander. 

  • To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. 

  • To thrust in a stabbing motion. 

  • To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster. 

  • To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at). 

  • To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire. 

  • To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at). 

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