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cube

  • noun
  • kyo͞ob

A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.

Example

“When the math teacher is teaching the class about cubes, he asks them to imagine a cardboard box whose width, length, and height are all the same.”

Other meanings

  1. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

    “A: One cube or two? B: Oh, no sugar for me, thanks.”

  2. The third power of a number, value, term or expression.

    “The cube of 2 is 8.”

Related words

  • angiocube
  • bath cube
  • bouillon cube
  • broth cube
  • cubane
  • cube candle
  • cube farm
  • cubefree
  • cubeful
  • cube juice
  • cubeland
  • cubeless

Example sentences

  • “I need a couple ice cubes.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cube” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.