cube
Pronunciation:
/kjuːb//kjub/noun
Definitions
A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
Example: a stock cube
The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
Example: the cube of 2 is 8
A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube
verb
Definitions
To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
Example: Three cubed can be written as 33, and equals twenty-seven.
To form into the shape of a cube.
To cut into cubes.
Example: Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.
To use a Rubik's cube.
Example: He likes to cube now and then.