Honeycomb

"Honeycomb" in Finnish

hunaja

(something resembling honeycomb in sweetness; something desirable or pleasant)

hunajakenno

(substance made by bees primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells; single sheet made up of two layers of this substance)

hunajakenno

(space-filling packing of polytopes in three- or higher-dimensional space)

huokoset

(defect in a material where small holes are present; specifically, a defect in concrete consisting of numerous voids)

kenno

(substance made by bees primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells; single sheet made up of two layers of this substance)

kennosto

(something resembling honeycomb in having numerous cells or small holes)

kennosto

(texture of the surface of a solar cell)

kennosto

(material manufactured with small hollow cells)

koristaa kennokuviolla

(to decorate (something) with a honeycomb pattern)

koristaa stalaktiittiholvein

(to ornament (a ceiling) with honeycomb work)

porautua

(to bore cavities or tunnels inside (something))

reikiintyä

(to become riddled with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb; to become hollow or weakened in this way)

rei’ittää

(to riddle (something) with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb; to cause (something) to become hollow or weakened in this way)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.