Meaning & Definition of Cube in English
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Cube
/kjub/
noun
1. A hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
synonym:
- cube,
- regular hexahedron
2. A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
synonym:
- block,
- cube
3. The product of three equal terms
synonym:
- cube,
- third power
4. 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
synonym:
- cube
5. A block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
synonym:
- cube,
- square block
verb
1. Raise to the third power
synonym:
- cube
2. Cut into cubes
- "Cube the cheese"
synonym:
- cube,
- dice
Examples of using
Here's an optical illusion: you think you are looking at a cube, while in fact you are looking at your monitor.
Here's an optical illusion: you think you are looking at a cube, while in fact you are looking at the screen.
Here's an optical illusion: you think you are looking at a cube, but in fact you are looking at the screen.