cube
Noun:
- A solid three-dimensional shape with six equal square faces: A geometric figure where all sides are squares of the same size, meeting at right angles.
- The product of a number multiplied by itself twice: The result of raising a number to the third power (e.g., the cube of 2 is 8).
- A block or piece in the shape of a cube: Any object, often of food or material, that roughly has the form of a cube.
- A tropical American plant (genus Lonchocarpus): A woody plant whose roots are used as a fish poison and a source of rotenone.
Verb:
- To cut something into small cube-shaped pieces: To slice food, such as vegetables or cheese, into cubes.
- To raise a number to the third power: To multiply a number by itself twice (e.g., to cube 3 is to calculate 3 x 3 x 3 = 27).
Noun:
- Children learn about three-dimensional shapes like the cube and sphere in geometry.
- The cube of 5 is 125.
- Please add some ice cubes to my drink.
- The chemist extracted a compound from the cube plant.
Verb:
- Could you cube the potatoes for the stew?
- If you cube 10, you get 1000.
"Cube root": The number which, when cubed, gives the original number.
- The cube root of 64 is 4.
"Sugar cube": A small, cube-shaped portion of compressed sugar.
- She dropped a sugar cube into her tea.
"Cube farm" (informal): An office space divided into many small cubicles.
- He works in a noisy cube farm downtown.
Cubic (adj): Having the shape of a cube; related to volume measured in cubes.
- The room has a cubic shape.
- The volume is measured in cubic meters.
Cuboid (n/adj): A three-dimensional rectangular shape; similar to a cube but with rectangular faces.
- The box is a cuboid.
Cubical (adj): Shaped like a cube; relating to a small partitioned space (cubicle).
- The data center is filled with cubical server racks.
- Block (n): A solid piece of material with flat sides.
- Die (n): A small cube with spots used in games.
- Dice (v): To cut into small cubes (synonymous with the verb 'cube' in cooking).
- Cube off: To divide or mark an area into cube-like sections. (Less common)
- The architect cubed off the open plan into individual workspaces.
A cube of sugar: Refers literally to a sugar cube, but can imply something small and sweet.
- His compliment was just a cube of sugar in her bitter day.
To be a square peg in a round hole / a cube in a sphere: (Variation) To be a person who does not fit into a particular situation or role.
- His artistic mind made him feel like a cube in a sphere at the corporate meeting.
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a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
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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
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the product of three equal terms
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a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
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a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
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cut into cubes
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cube the cheese
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raise to the third power
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