cube
noun /kjuːb/
/kjuːb/
- a solid or hollow figure with six equal square sides see also Rubik’s Cube™Topics Colours and Shapesc1
enlarge image - a piece of something, especially food, with six sides
- Cut the meat into cubes.
- (mathematics) the number that you get when you multiply a number by itself twice
- The cube of 5 (53) is 125 (5×5×5).
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek kubos.