cube
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- noun
- /kjuːb/
:
cubo
- Sandrig leaned forward in his chair, his hands sketching a cube perhaps half a meter square.
- faces of the cube
- corner of a cube
- ice cube
For most of them, in some sense of most, the ice cube will melt.
- For most of them, in some sense of most, the ice cube will melt.
- And next to that yellow cube is a red rose.
- So I'd have to put it in an acrylic cube and run coolant through it.
- The the Mac, the next cube and the iMac.
- Amazon customer says she loves the blue cube eggs so much.
- Lemonade Ice cubes are for fucking losers, man.
Examples
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Each time it does, add an ice cube to reduce the temperature.
Academic text (1993) -
And next to that yellow cube is a red rose.
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Then I take a second cube here.
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So we're saying that the solid cube is a solid B.
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The experience of seeing this figure as a cube has both of these aspects.
Academic text (1999) -
The universe could all be inside a cube with walls.
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For example, even the most basic shape, a cube, has 240 different solutions.
Academic text (2002) -
Now consider the enclosure of your set to be a cube measuring 14 x 14 x 14 inches.
Academic text (1999) -
Bork watched as the woman inserted the cube into her computer's scanner slot.
Fiction book (1991) -
The dice are shaped like a cube, making them easy to roll.
Synonyms
A solid shape that has six equal square faces
Compounds
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A small cube of strong meat or vegetable stock you dissolve in hot water to make soup
How Many Faces
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
1
9.6
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
8.2
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- Specialized
2
7.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cube comes from the old Greek word kybos and the Latin cubus, both meaning a six-sided block or die, so imagine a perfect wooden block with six equal square faces to remember the shape called a cube.