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Cube
01
a figure, either hollow or solid, with six equal square sides
Examples
The dice used in board games are typically shaped like cubes.
The child stacked colorful toy cubes to build a tower.
02
a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
03
a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
04
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
05
the number that is the result of a number multiplied 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.
If you cube x, you get x^3.
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.
He cubed the chicken for the curry, making it easier to cook.
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cubic
cubism
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