cube
A regular polyhedron having six identical square facesA regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
» This is an ice cube.
Das ist ein Eiswürfel.
Это кубик льда.
Це кубик льоду.
Meaning
7 sensesA 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.
Kubus, Würfel
кубkub
кубkub
a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
A: One cube or two? B: Oh, no sugar for me, thanks.
Würfel
кубkub, ку́бикkúbik
The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
The cube of 2 is 8.
The cube of 0.5 is 0.125.
кубkub
A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
(dated)An extremely socially conventional or conservative person, more so than even a square.
A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube.
Examples
106 sentencesThis is an ice cube.
Це кубик льоду.
ruЭто кубик льда.
deDas ist ein Eiswürfel.
Three cubed is twenty-seven.
Три в кубі дорівнює двадцять сім.
ruТри в кубе равно двадцати семи.
Get some ice cubes for me.
deHole mir einmal ein paar Eiswürfel!
Tom put two sugar cubes in his tea.
ruТом положил два кусочка сахара в свой чай.
I'd like three sugar cubes in my tea.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). Clipped form ofFrom Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).
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”).
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Forms
plural: cubesSynonyms
6 synonyms- a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube:square block
- the product of three equal terms:third power
- a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces:regular hexahedron
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides:block