cube
/kjub/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.82 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
noun
The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
noun
A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
noun
A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
verb
To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "When the math teacher is teaching the class about cubes, he asks them to imagine a cardboard box whose width, length, and height are all the same."
- "A: One cube or two? B: Oh, no sugar for me, thanks."
- "The cube of 2 is 8."
- "The cube of 0.5 is 0.125."
- "As if the 383 weren't already a roaring beast, in 1972 they bored it out some more, bringing it up to 400 cubes. This 400-cube monster could launch a land yacht like the Plymouth Fury from zero to sixty in under ten seconds."
- "Three cubed can be written as 3³, and equals twenty-seven."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kjub/
- British English: /kjuːb/