honeycomb
noun
a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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What has the Church said worthy of itself in regard to the social vices that are honeycombing society and this city to-day?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren