cube

Meanings

Noun

• A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
• Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
• The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
• 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
• A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.

Verb

• To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
• To form into the shape of a cube.
• To cut into cubes.
• To use a Rubik's cube.

Related

Similar words

• regular hexahedron
• block, brick, die, square block
• third power
• dice

Broader meaning words

• hexahedron, cuboid

Origin

• From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος.
• Clipped form of cubicle (with intentional reference to their common shape per cube, etymology 1), which from Latin cubiculum, from cubare.