cube

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /kjuːb/, SAMPA: /kju:b/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /kjub/, SAMPA: /kjub/

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Noun

Singular cube

Plural cubes

1. (countable) (geometry) A cube is a shape that has six square faces of the same size.
2. (countable) A cube is also a solid object that has more or less this shape.

   I usually take two sugar cubes with my coffee.

3. (countable) (arithmetic) The cube of a number n is this number multiplied three times by itself. Its symbol is n³.

   The cube of 3 is 27, also written 3³.

Verb

Plain form cube

Third-person singular cubes

Past tense cubed

Past participle cubed

Present participle cubing

1. (arithmetic) To cube a number is multiplying this number three times by itself.

   3 cubed is 27.

2. To give something the shape of a cube.
3. (especially cooking) To cut something into cubes.

   To cube the meat.

Related words

• cubic
• cubism
• cubist
• cuboid