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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /kjuːb/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kyo͞ob

Definition 1:
• Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
Labels: not-comparable, postpositional
Noun

Definition 1:
• A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
Example: My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube.
Noun
Pronunciation: /kjuːb/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kyo͞ob

Definition 1:
• A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
Example: 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.
Labels: geometry, mathematics, sciences

Definition 2:
• Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
Example: A: One cube or two? B: Oh, no sugar for me, thanks.

Definition 3:
• The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
Example: The cube of 2 is 8.
Example: The cube of 0.5 is 0.125.
Wiktionary-listed antonyms: cube root
Labels: mathematics, sciences

Definition 4:
• A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Definition 5:
• A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.

Definition 6:
• Clipping of cubic inch(es).
Example: As if the 383 weren't already a roaring beast, in 1972 they bored it out some more, bringing it up to 400 cubes. This 400-cube monster could launch a land yacht like the Plymouth Fury from zero to sixty in under ten seconds.
Labels: automotive, transport, vehicles, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

Definition 7:
• An extremely socially conventional or conservative person, more so than even a square.
Labels: dated
Verb
Pronunciation: /kjuːb/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kyo͞ob

Definition 1:
• To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
Example: Three cubed can be written as 3³, and equals twenty-seven.
Labels: arithmetic, transitive

Definition 2:
• To form into the shape of a cube.
Labels: transitive

Definition 3:
• To cut into cubes.
Example: Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: dice
Labels: transitive

Definition 4:
• To use a Rubik's cube.
Example: He likes to cube now and then.
Labels: intransitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cube