- [uncountable] a sweet, sticky yellow-brown substance made by bees that is spread on bread, etc. like jam
- How do bees make honey?
- a jar of locally produced honey
- to gather honey from the hive
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- runny
- wild
- …
- jar
- pot
- make
- produce
- gather
- …
- bee
- as sweet as honey
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- [countable] (informal) a way of addressing somebody that you like or love
- Have you seen my keys, honey?
- [countable] (informal) a person that you like or love and think is very kind
- He can be a real honey when he wants to be.
Word OriginOld English hunig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch honig and German Honig.
Idioms
See honey in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee honey in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishthe land of milk and honey
- a place where life is pleasant and easy and people are very happy
- He dreamed of emigrating to Canada—the land of milk and honey.
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