cube (n.)

  1. a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces

    [ Syn: regular hexahedron ]

  2. a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

    [ Syn: block ]

  3. the product of three equal terms

    [ Syn: 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

  5. a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube

    [ Syn: square block ]

    cube (v.)

  1. raise to the third power

  2. cut into cubes; cube the cheese

    [ Syn: dice ]

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