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cube

/kjub/noun, verb1 syllable

Cube means: a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces.

Synonyms for cube8

noun, as in a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces

regular hexahedron

noun, as in a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

block

noun, as in the product of three equal terms

third power

noun, as in a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube

square block

verb, as in cut into cubes

dice

also used for cube

brick, die, to cut into cubes

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What does cube mean?7

noun

1

a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces

2

a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

3

the product of three equal terms

4

a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube

5

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

verb

1

cut into cubes“cube the cheese”

2

raise to the third power

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with cube?3

one syllable

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Cube in a sentence

  • Why is the earth round instead of something cooler, like a cube?Hybrid
  • Nor, having only length, breadth, and thickness, can a cube have a real existence.XY
  • When the heater in the barn fails, you get milk-flavoured ice cubes.MUIRIEL
  • When the heater in the barn fails, milk-flavoured ice cubes this entails.blay_paul
  • In the meantime, cut the bread into cubes and fry them in hot oil.swagner
  • During the picnic, we brought cold polenta cut into cubes as an appetizer.gcaplan
  • Give a man a world of cubes, and he will make a circle.LimeGreenTeknii
  • He even took the ice-cube trays from the freezer.Nylez

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of cube

as a noun

plural
cubes

as a verb

past tense
cubed
present participle
cubing
third-person singular
cubes
past participle
cubed