cuboid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a rectangular parallelepiped
  2. adjective satellite shaped like a cube
    cube-shaped; cuboidal; cubelike; cubiform; cubical.

WordNet


Cu"boid adjective
Etymology
Cube + -oid: cf. Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot. -- n. (Anat.) The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.

Webster 1913