cube

UK/kjuːb//kjub/

cube noun: a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces. Also the clipping of cubic inch(es).

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Noun (1)

cube (plural cubes)

A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
- When the math teacher is teaching the class about cubes, he asks them to imagine a cardboard box whose width, length, and height are all the same.
Synonyms:

regular hexahedron
Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
- A: One cube or two? B: Oh, no sugar for me, thanks.
Synonyms:

block, brick, die, square block
The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
- The cube of 2 is 8.
- The cube of 0.5 is 0.125.
Synonyms:

third power

Antonyms:

cube root
A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
(dated, 1950s slang) An extremely socially conventional or conservative person, more so than even a square.

Verb

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

(transitive) 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.
- From this severe trial Mr. Nackybal emerged with distinction, having in his cubing made only twenty-five slight mistakes out of the forty-six cubes demanded, and in his rooting, out of the fifty-three extractions propounded, committed a mere matter of four trifling errors!1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
(transitive) To form into the shape of a cube.
(transitive) To cut into cubes.
- Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.
(intransitive) To use a Rubik's cube.
- He likes to cube now and then.

Adjective

cube (not comparable)

(postpositional) Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
- Beautiful peepshows with hand-coloured engravings by Martin Englebrecht, 1684-1756, were produced in Augsburg about 1740. The box, about six inches cube, contained slots to take four cut-out scenes, the front of the box had another cut-out, and the back was painted with a landscape, making six...1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 181

Noun (2)

cube (plural cubes)

A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
- My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube.

Also used as

cube is also the clipping of cubic inch(es).

cube meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

cube in Hindi

geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces: घन ghan
object more or less in the form of a cube: घन ghan

cube in Marathi

क्यूब, समघन, क्यूब करण्यासाठी

cube in Urdu

geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces: گھن ghan, مکعب muka'ab

cube in Bengali

geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces: ঘনক ghonok

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cube in Malayalam: സമചതുരക്കട്ട samacaturakkaṭṭa
cube in Kannada: ಘನಾಕೃತಿ ghanākṛti, ಘನ ghana
cube in Punjabi: ਘਣ, ਕਿਊਬ, ਕਿਊਬਿੰਗ
cube in Gujarati: સમઘન, ક્યુબ, ક્યુબ કરવા માટે
cube in Nepali: घन, क्यूब, क्युब
cube in Pashto: مکعب moka'áb
cube in Tagalog: binuok
cube in Arabic: كَعْبَة kaʕba, مُكَعَّب mukaʕʕab
cube in Malay: kubus, dadu, kiub, kuasa tiga
cube in Indonesian: kubus
cube in Persian: مکعب moka'ab, غاب ġâb, قاپ qâp
cube in Thai: ลูกบาศก์ lûuk-bàat, บาศก์ bàat
cube in Vietnamese: hình lập phương, lập phương
cube in Myanmar: ကုဗ ku.ba.

Examples of cube in a sentence

The octahedron is the dual of the cube. The icosahedron is the dual of the dodecahedron.
A cube has six faces, each of which is a square.
The plesiohedra include such well-known shapes as the cube, hexagonal prism, rhombic dodecahedron, and truncated octahedron.

All 40 example sentences with cube

Synonyms of cube

block
brick
die
square block
third power
to cut into cubes
regular hexahedron

Antonyms

cube root

All synonyms and antonyms of cube

Forms of cube

Noun
plural	cubes
Verb
third-person singular present	cubes
present participle	cubing
past participle	cubed
past	cubed

Past tense of cube: cubed

Plural of cube: cubes

Origin of cube

From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). Displaced Old English tæfel ("cube, die, game with dice or tables").

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”).

Words formed from cube

Phrases with cube

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Words that rhyme with cube

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Questions about cube

What does cube mean?: Cube means a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
What is cube in Hindi?: Cube in Hindi is घन (ghan). See Cube meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cube?: Cube can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce cube?: Cube is pronounced /kjuːb/ (UK).
What is the plural of cube?: The plural of cube is cubes.

Words near cube in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: cube (page history and authors); cube (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cube (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cube (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cube (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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