Meaning & use

cube

noun·Academic

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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