English Explanatory Dictionary

cube

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
  2. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
  3. The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
  4. A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
  5. A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
  6. Clipping of cubic inch(es).
  7. An extremely socially conventional or conservative person, moreso than even a square.
verb
  1. To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
  2. To form into the shape of a cube.
  3. To cut into cubes.
  4. To use a Rubik's cube.
adj
  1. Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
noun
  1. A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.

Pronunciation

kyo͞ob /kjuːb/ /kjub/ en-us-cube.ogg

Word forms

cube cubes cubing cubed

Etymology

From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). Displaced Old English tæfel ("cube, die, game with dice or tables").

Synonyms

regular hexahedron block brick die square block third power to cut into cubes

Antonyms

cube root

Related words

cubic cubical cuboid cubism cubist line segment square tesseract

Derived words

4-cube angiocube bath cube bouillon cube broth cube cubane cube candle cube farm cubefree cubeful cube juice cubeland cubeless cubelet cubelike cube map cube mapping cube master cubemate cube out cube powder cuber cube root cube rule cubescape cube-shaped cubesort cube-square law cube steak cube sugar cube truck cube van cube with handles cubey cubie cubiform cubing cuboctahedron cubo-cube cubologist cubology cubooctahedron cubyl doubling cube duplication of the cube flash cube hemicube high cube Hilbert cube holocube hypercube hypocube ice cube ice cube tray magic cube magicube metacube microcube nanocube Necker cube
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