Cube Definition
kyo͝ob
cubed, cubes, cubing
noun
cubes
A solid with six equal, square sides.
Webster's New World
Anything having more or less this shape.
An ice cube.
Webster's New World
A cubicle, used for work or study.
American Heritage
The product obtained by multiplying a given number or quantity by its square; third power.
The cube of 3 is 27 (3 × 3 × 3)
Webster's New World
Any tropical American plant of a genus (Lonchocarpus) of the pea family, whose roots yield rotenone.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- block
- regular hexahedron
- third power
- square block
- die
- hexahedron
- dice
- cubicle
- six-sided solid
verb
cubed, cubes, cubing
To raise to the third power; obtain the cube of (a number or quantity)
Webster's New World
To cut or shape into cubes; dice.
Cube the vegetables.
Webster's New World
To measure the cubic content of.
Webster's New World
To score (meat) in a crisscross pattern in order to tenderize it.
Webster's New World
(UK) To use a Rubik's cube.
He likes to cube now and then.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
Origin of Cube
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Clipped form of cubicle (with intentional reference to their common shape per cube, etymology 1), which from Latin cubiculum (“a small bedchamber or lounge”), from cubare (“to lie down”).
From Wiktionary
French from Latin cubus from Greek kubos N., sense 2b, short for cubicle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kubos).
From Wiktionary
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