Honey vs. Beeswax
Honeynoun
(uncountable) A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.
Beeswaxnoun
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
Honeynoun
(countable) A variety of this substance.
Beeswaxnoun
“Business”, as in such phrases as mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.
Honeynoun
(figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
Beeswaxverb
(transitive) To polish with beeswax.
Honeynoun
A term of affection.
‘Honey, would you take out the trash?’; ‘Honey, I'm home.’;
Beeswaxnoun
The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
Honeynoun
A woman, especially an attractive one.
‘Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!’;
Beeswaxnoun
a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
Honeynoun
A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
Beeswaxverb
cover with beeswax;
‘Chris beeswaxed the kitchen table’;
Honeyadjective
Involving or resembling honey.
Beeswax
Beeswax (cera alba) is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. The wax is formed into scales by eight wax-producing glands in the abdominal segments of worker bees, which discard it in or at the hive.
Honeyadjective
Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like most types of honey.
Honeyverb
(transitive) To sweeten; to make agreeable.
Honeyverb
(intransitive) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
Honeyverb
(intransitive) To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
Honeynoun
A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
Honeynoun
That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
‘The honey of his language.’;
Honeynoun
Sweet one; - a term of endearment.
‘Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus.’;
Honeyverb
To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
‘Rough to common men,But honey at the whisper of a lord.’;
Honeyverb
To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.
‘Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech?’;
Honeynoun
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
Honeynoun
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
Honeyverb
sweeten with honey
Honeyadjective
having the color of honey
Honeynoun
a sweet, sticky yellowish-brown fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers.
Honeynoun
a yellowish-brown or golden colour
‘her honey skin’;
Honeynoun
any sweet substance similar to bees' honey.
Honeynoun
an excellent example of something
‘it's one honey of an adaptation’;
Honeynoun
an attractive girl
‘she's a little honey’;
Honeynoun
darling; sweetheart (usually as a form of address)
‘hi, honey!’;
Honey
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance made by honey bees and some related insects, such as stingless bees. Bees produce honey from the sugary secretions of plants (floral nectar) or from secretions of other insects (such as honeydew), by regurgitation, enzymatic activity, and water evaporation.
