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cube

1

[ kyoob ]

noun

  1. a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
  2. an object, either solid or hollow, having this form or a form approximating it:

    a cube of cheese; plastic storage cubes.

  3. sugar cube.
  4. Mathematics. the third power of a quantity, expressed as a 3 = a·a·a.
  5. Informal. cubic inch, especially as a measure of the displacement of an automotive engine:

    a new sports car with 350 cubes.

  6. Slang. one of a pair of dice; die.
  7. Slang. a person who is unaware of or unfamiliar with current ideas, opinions, trends, etc.; square.


verb (used with object)

, cubed, cub·ing.
  1. to make into a cube or cubes.
  2. to cut into cubes.
  3. Mathematics. to raise to the third power.
  4. to measure the cubic contents of.
  5. to tenderize (a thin cut or slice of meat) by scoring the fibers in a pattern of squares.

cube

2

[ kyoo-bey ]

noun

  1. any of several tropical plants of the legume family that are used in making fish poisons and insecticides.

cube

1

/ ˈkjuːbeɪ /

noun

  1. any of various tropical American plants, esp any of the leguminous genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone
  2. an extract from the roots of these plants: a fish poison and insecticide


cube

2

/ kjuːb /

noun

  1. a solid having six plane square faces in which the angle between two adjacent sides is a right angle
  2. the product of three equal factors: the cube of 2 is 2 × 2 × 2 (usually written 2³)
  3. something in the form of a cube

    a bath cube

verb

  1. to raise (a number or quantity) to the third power
  2. tr to measure the cubic contents of
  3. tr to make, shape, or cut (something, esp food) into cubes
  4. tr to tenderize (meat) by scoring into squares or by pounding with a device which has a surface of metal cubes

cube

/ kyo̅o̅b /

Verb

  1. To multiply a number or a quantity by itself three times; raise to the third power. For example, five cubed is 5 × 5 × 5.


Noun

  1. The product that results when a number or quantity is cubed. For example, the cube of 5 is 125.
  2. A solid having six equal square faces or sides.

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Derived Forms

  • ˈcuber, noun

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Other Words From

  • cuber noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cube1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English cubus, from Latin, from Greek kýbos “cube, die”

Origin of cube2

First recorded in 1920–25; from Latin American Spanish cubé; further origin uncertain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cube1

American Spanish cubé, of unknown origin

Origin of cube2

C16: from Latin cubus die, cube, from Greek kubos

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Example Sentences

The water will freeze when it hits the cube, and then stack up — forming a tower of ice.

One net for the cube, for example, is a T shape made of six squares.

When I stagger back into my apartment an hour later, those pink, fleshy cubes will have a light rime.

On camping trips that have a multi-sport agenda, I pack the cubes based on activity—my trail running kit in one cube, mountain biking clothes in another, and camp pajamas in another.

The integrated packing cubes are the obvious standout feature.

Geometrically, it is a cube being forced into a rhomboid by the fault.

“Ice Cube and Schoolboy Q.” Osorio seems dumfounded by the decision.

Wiz Khalifa and Young Jeezy were on the cover; April's issue had Schoolboy Q and Ice Cube.

The shooting Ice Cube was referring to was the accidental killing of Karen Toshima by a stray bullet.

[Laughs] The fact that Ice Cube even knows who I am is still awesome to me.

Ethel's mind was in too irritated and tumultuous a state for her to derive her usual solace from Cube Root.

It consists of vaulted terraces, raised one above another, and resting upon cube-shaped pillars.

Ya notice how that funny-looking cube inside there gets bigger every time you look at it?

It sometimes assumes twelve-sided shapes, or is merely a cube, or yet again variations of these figures.

Its measurement is roughly a cube of eight feet, it must weigh nearly twenty tons and it rests on three large slabs of stone.

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