Cube

/kjuːb/

noun

  1. A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.

  2. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

    a stock cube

  3. The third power of a number, value, term or expression.

    the cube of 2 is 8

Synonyms: regular hexahedron, power, third, block, brick, die

verb

  1. To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

    Three cubed can be written as 33, and equals twenty-seven.

  2. To form into the shape of a cube.

  3. To cut into cubes.

    Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.

Synonyms: dice

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