cube Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
    regular hexahedron.
  2. noun a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
    block.
  3. noun the product of three equal terms
    third power.
  4. noun 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. noun a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
    square block.
  6. verb raise to the third power
  7. verb cut into cubes
    dice.
    • cube the cheese

WordNet

Cube noun
Etymology
F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr. a cube, a cubical die.
Definitions
  1. (Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
  2. (Math.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.
Cube transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cubed present participle & verbal noun Cubing
Definitions
  1. To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.

Webster 1913