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Cube
01
a three-dimensional figure made of six square or rectangular faces
Examples
The dice used in board games are typically shaped like cubes.
02
a solid with six congruent square faces
03
a block roughly resembling a cube in shape
04
a tropical American woody plant of the genus Lonchocarpus, whose roots are used as fish poison and as a commercial source of rotenone
05
the result of multiplying a number by itself three times
to cube
01
to multiply a value or number by itself two times
Transitive: to cube a number
Intransitive
Examples
Cubing 2 gives you 2 × 2 × 2 = 8.
02
to cut something into small, equal, square-shaped pieces
Transitive: to cube food ingredients
Examples
She cubes the potatoes for the stew, ensuring they cook evenly.
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cubic
cubism
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