cube

Plural: cubes

Noun

a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
the product of three equal terms
any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
Clipping of cubic inch(es).
A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.

Verb

Verb Forms: cubed, cubing, cubes

To cut or form something into the shape of a cube.
raise to the third power
cut into cubes
- "cube the cheese"
To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
To form into the shape of a cube.
To cut into cubes.
To use a Rubik's cube.

Adj

Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.

Examples

A: One cube or two? B: Oh, no sugar for me, thanks.
As if the 383 weren't already a roaring beast, in 1972 they bored it out some more, bringing it up to 400 cubes. This 400-cube monster could launch a land yacht like the Plymouth Fury from zero to sixty in under ten seconds.
Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.
He likes to cube now and then.
My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube.
The cube of 0.5 is 0.125.
The cube of 2 is 8.
Three cubed can be written as 3³, and equals twenty-seven.
To CUBE the letters strategically, she had to visualize multiple board outcomes at once.
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.

Origin / Etymology

From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

cube root

Scrabble Score: 8

cube: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cube: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cube: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

cube: valid Words With Friends Word