Cube Word Meaning

mid 16th century: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek kubos

a symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares

symmetrical shape with six equal sides

• what is the surface area of a 2 cm cube?
• it was a rough shape, neither a cube nor a sphere

the product of a number multiplied by its square, represented by a superscript figure 3

product of number multiplied by its square

• a body increasing in weight by the cube of its length

raise (a number or value) to its cube

raise number to its cube

• cube the deviations from the mean
• 1200 metres cubed

cut (food) into small cubes

cut food into cubes

• I bought sirloin from the butcher and cubed it myself