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honey

  • noun
  • hon·ey
  • /ˈhʌni/

A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.

Example

“The honey in the pot should last for years.”

Other meanings

  1. A variety of this substance.

  2. Something sweet or desirable.

A kind of

  • sweetener

Example sentences

  • “Honey, why does this tomato have eyes?”

    Tatoeba · hecko · CC0
  • “There is no better taste than that of honey.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Old English "huniġ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “honey” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.