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cube
(kjuːb)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense cubes, present participle cubing, past tense, past participle cubed
1. countable noun
A cube is a solid object with six square surfaces which are all the same size.
...cold water with ice cubes in it.
...a box of sugar cubes.
The cabinet comes with locks and key and is shaped like a cube.
2. verb
When you cube food, you cut it into cube-shaped pieces.
Remove the seeds and stones and cube the flesh. [VERB noun]
Serve with cubed bread. [VERB-ed]
3. countable noun [usually singular]
The cube of a number is another number that is produced by multiplying the first number by itself twice. For example, the cube of 2 is 8.
cube in British English 1
(kjuːb)
noun
1.
a solid having six plane square faces in which the angle between two adjacent sides is a right angle
2.
the product of three equal factors: the cube of 2 is 2 × 2 × 2 (usually written 23)
3.
something in the form of a cube
a sugar cube
verb
4.
to raise (a number or quantity) to the third power
5. (transitive)
to measure the cubic contents of
6. (transitive)
to make, shape, or cut (something, esp food) into cubes
7. (transitive) US and Canadian
to tenderize (meat) by scoring into squares or by pounding with a device which has a surface of metal cubes
Derived forms
cuber (ˈcuber) noun
Word origin
C16: from Latin cubus die, cube, from Greek kuboscube in British English 2
(ˈkjuːbeɪ)
noun
1.
any of various tropical American plants, esp any of the leguminous genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone
2.
an extract from the roots of these plants: a fish poison and insecticide
Word origin
American Spanish cubé, of unknown origincube in American English 1
(kjub)
noun
1.
a solid with six equal, square sides
2.
anything having more or less this shape
an ice cube
3.
the product obtained by multiplying a given number or quantity by its square; third power
the cube of 3 is 27 (3 × 3 × 3)
verb transitiveWord forms: cubed or ˈcubing
4.
to raise to the third power; obtain the cube of (a number or quantity)
5.
to cut or shape into cubes; dice
cube the vegetables
6.
to score (meat) in a crisscross pattern in order to tenderize it
7.
to measure the cubic content of
Derived forms
cuber (ˈcuber) noun
Word origin
Fr < L cubus < Gr kybos, a cube, die, vertebra < IE base *keu(b)-, to bend, turn > hip1, hive, L cubare, to lie downcube in American English 2
(ˈkjubeɪ; ˈkubeɪ)
US
noun
any tropical American plant of a genus (Lonchocarpus) of the pea family, whose roots yield rotenone
Word origin
< Sp quibey < native nameImage ofcube
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British English: cube /kjuːb/ NOUN
A cube is a solid shape with six square surfaces which are all the same size.
...cold water with ice cubes in it.
- American English: cube
- Arabic: مَكَعَّب
- Brazilian Portuguese: cubo
- Chinese: 方块
- Croatian: kocka
- Czech: kostka
- Danish: terning
- Dutch: kubus
- European Spanish: cubo geometría
- Finnish: kuutio
- French: cube
- German: Würfel
- Greek: κύβος
- Italian: cubo
- Japanese: 立方体
- Korean: 정육면체
- Norwegian: terning kube
- Polish: sześcian
- European Portuguese: cubo
- Romanian: cub
- Russian: куб
- Latin American Spanish: cubo figura geométrica sólida
- Swedish: kub
- Thai: ลูกบาศก์
- Turkish: küp
- Ukrainian: куб
- Vietnamese: hình lập phương
British English: cube VERB
When you cube food, you cut it into cube-shaped pieces.
Remove the seeds and stones and cube the flesh.
- American English: cube
- Brazilian Portuguese: elevar ao cubo
- Chinese: 将…切成方块
- European Spanish: elevar al cubo
- French: couper en dés
- German: würfeln
- Italian: tagliare a dadini
- Japanese: 角切りにする
- Korean: 깍둑썰기 하다
- European Portuguese: elevar ao cubo
- Latin American Spanish: elevar al cubo
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Chinese translation of 'cube'
cube
(kjuːb)
n (c)
- (= shape)
立方体(體)
(lìfāngtǐ) (个(個), gè) - (Math) [of number]
立方
(lìfāng)
vt
- (Math)
使自乘两(兩)次
(shǐ zìchéng liǎng cì)