cube

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Hypernyms 1.1.2.3 Translations 1.1.3 Verb 1.1.3.1 Synonyms 1.1.3.2 Translations 1.1.4 Related terms 1.1.5 Derived terms 1.1.6 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kubos).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: kyo͞ob, IPA: /kjuːb/, SAMPA: /kju:b/
• (US) enPR: kyo͞ob, IPA: /kjub/, SAMPA: /kjub/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -uːb

[edit] Noun

cube (plural cubes)

1. (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
2. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

   a sugar cube

   a stock cube

3. (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.

   the cube of 2 is 8

[edit] Synonyms

• (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces): regular hexahedron (rare)
• (object in the form of a cube): block, brick, die, square block
• (number raised to the third power): third power

[edit] Hypernyms

• (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces): hexahedron

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[edit] Verb

to cube (third-person singular simple present cubes, present participle cubing, simple past and past participle cubed)

1. (transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

   Three cubed can be written as 3³, and equals twenty-seven.

2. (transitive) To form into the shape of a cube.
3. (transitive) To cut into cubes.

   Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.

4. (British) to use a Rubik's cube.

   He likes to cube now and then.

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• (to cut into cubes): dice

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[edit] Related terms

• cubic
• cubical
• cuboid
• cubism
• cubist

[edit] Derived terms

bath cube bouillon cube cube candle cube out cube root

cube steak cube van cubiform hypercube ice cube

Rubik's cube snub cube stock cube sugar cube

[edit] See also

• line segment
• square
• tesseract

[edit] Etymology 2

Clipped form of cubicle (with intentional reference to their common shape per cube, etymology 1), which from Latin cubiculum (“‘a small bedchamber or lounge’”), from cubare (“‘to lie down’”).

[edit] Noun

cube (plural cubes)

1. A cubicle; especially of those found in offices.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: bceu
• Cebu

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin cubus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kyb/
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[edit] Noun

cube m. (plural cubes)

1. cube

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

cube f.

1. Feminine plural form of cubo