Meaning & use
cuboidal
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Shaped roughly like a cube.
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The cells lining the kidney tubules are cuboidal in shape.
Geologists noted the cuboidal fracture pattern in the salt crystals.
A note on using this word
Common in biology and geology to describe cells, crystals, or rock fragments with roughly equal-length sides.
Words with a similar meaning
cube-shapedboxy
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