Cube

[kjuːb] or [kjʊb]

Definition

(noun.) a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube.

(noun.) any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone.

(noun.) the product of three equal terms.

(noun.) a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces.

(verb.) raise to the third power.

(verb.) cut into cubes; 'cube the cheese'.

Edited by Beverly--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.

(n.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.

(v. t.) To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.

Editor: Milton