cube
/kjub/
noun
- A solid object with six equal square sides, like a die or a sugar cube.
- A cube has eight corners and twelve edges.
- She cut the cheese into small cubes for the salad.
- The children built a tower out of wooden cubes.
- The result of multiplying a number by itself twice (e.g., 2 × 2 × 2 = 8, so 8 is the cube of 2).
- The cube of 3 is 27.
- In math class, we learned how to calculate the cube of a number.
- If you cube 5, you get 125.
- A cubicle or small room, especially in an office.
- She decorated her cube with photos and plants.
- The open-plan office was divided into cubes.
- He works in a cube on the third floor.
verb
- To cut something into cube-shaped pieces.
- She cubed the watermelon for the fruit salad.
- Please cube the potatoes before adding them to the stew.
- The recipe says to cube the chicken breast.
- To multiply a number by itself twice.
- The teacher asked us to cube the number 7.
- If you cube 4, you get 64.
- To find the volume, you need to cube the side length.