Meaning & use
cube
A three-dimensional solid shape with six equal square faces.
See it in a sentence
The child stacked wooden cubes to build a small tower.
Each ice cube melted quickly in the warm summer drink.
A note on using this word
As a verb, cube means to raise a number to the third power or to cut food into small cube shapes.
Words with a similar meaning
block
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To raise a number to the third power, or to cut food into small cube-shaped pieces.
If you cube the number three, you get twenty-seven.
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