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# honeypot

noun (a honeypot, honeypots)

«honeypot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pot for keeping honey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeypot/#m1)
2. (informal) A place or thing that attracts lots of people, like bees to honey: a tourist honeypot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeypot/#m2)
3. (computers) A trap set up to catch hackers by pretending to be an easy target. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeypot/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories Winnie-the-Pooh keeps his honey in honeypots. In geography lessons a «honeypot site» is a popular place that gets crowded with visitors, which can cause traffic, litter and damage. Phrases: «honeypot site», «tourist honeypot».

### Examples

- Pooh had his head stuck in a honeypot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeypot/#x1)
- The village is a honeypot for tourists in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeypot/#x2)
- Honeypot sites need car parks and bins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeypot/#x3)
- The bear licked the honeypot clean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeypot/#x4)
- The company set up a honeypot to catch hackers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeypot/#x5)

### Note

One word (sometimes «honey pot»). In geography «honeypot» is a key term for tourism problems.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «honeypot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeypot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«honeypot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/honeypot.html) on Mova free.