"cube" meaning in English

See cube in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kjuːb/ [UK], /kjub/ [US] Audio: en-us-cube.ogg [US] Forms: cube [singular], cubes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A cube is a shape that has six square faces of the same size.
    Sense id: simple-cube-en-noun-tqpWpgfv Categories (other): Geometry
  2. A cube is also a solid object that has more or less this shape.
    Sense id: simple-cube-en-noun-O9yyHmuC
  3. The cube of a number n is this number multiplied three times by itself. Its symbol is n³.
    Sense id: simple-cube-en-noun-C3QstBSl

Verb

IPA: /kjuːb/ [UK], /kjub/ [US] Audio: en-us-cube.ogg [US] Forms: cube [canonical], cubes [third-person, singular], cubed [past], cubed [past, participle], cubing [present, participle]
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  1. To cube a number is multiplying this number three times by itself.
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  2. To give something the shape of a cube.
    Sense id: simple-cube-en-verb-NN0hg5xx
  3. To cut something into cubes.
    Sense id: simple-cube-en-verb-t7vR5MJs
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