cube
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/kjuːb/
🇬🇧
/kjuːb/
noun
R
A shape with six equal square sides.
A cube has six sides that are all the same size.
R
A small piece of something with six sides, often food.
Cut the cheese into small cubes for the salad.
R
A number multiplied by itself two times.
The cube of 3 is 27 because 3 times 3 times 3 equals 27.
verb
R
To multiply a number by itself two times.
If you cube 4, you get 64.
R
To cut food into small square pieces.
Cube the potatoes before boiling them.
translation
A shape with six equal square sides.; A small piece of something with six sides, often food.; A number multiplied by itself two times.
To multiply a number by itself two times.; To cut food into small square pieces.
Word Forms
3rd Present
cubes
Past
cubed
Perfect
cubed
Progressive
cubing
Plural
cubes