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huokonen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • honeycomb verb To riddle something with small holes or tunnels, as bees do with a hive.
  • pore noun A tiny opening in the skin, or a similarly small opening in another surface.

Senses

huokonen is used for these senses in English:

  • honeycomb (archaic) A defect in a material (especially metal) where small holes are present; specifically (construction) , a defect in concrete consisting of numerous voids resulting from the failure of mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.

honeycomb — full definition

  1. verb To riddle something with small holes or tunnels, as bees do with a hive.
  2. verb To weaken something gradually from within.

pore — full definition

  1. noun A tiny opening in the skin, or a similarly small opening in another surface.
  2. verb To study or read something with intense, sustained concentration.
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