Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cuboidal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: cuboidal
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a cube.

adj

Of, pertaining to, or having the shape of a cuboid.

adj

Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells whose height and width are approximately the same (cube shaped).

Example Sentences

"The alveolar cells are cuboidal in shape."
"The Winchburgh Shale Line is of 2 ft. 6 in. gauge. The surface trucks or tubs are cuboidal metal boxes mounted on unsprung four-wheeled chassis."
"A cuboidal block was formed."

Etymology

Etymology tree English cube Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English cuboid English -al English cuboidal From cuboid + -al.

Inflected Forms

more cuboidal (comparative) most cuboidal (superlative)

Derived Forms

cuboidally noncuboidal subcuboidal

Phrases

cuboidal bone cuboidal epithelium

Frequently Paired Words

spheroidal squamous columnar

Synonyms

cubelike cube-shaped cubical cubiform cuboid

Rhymes With

colloidal sinusoidal trapezoidal steroidal toroidal nonsteroidal ellipsoidal spheroidal choroidal discoidal sigmoidal rhomboidal

Questions

What does cuboidal mean?: Resembling a cube.
Where does cuboidal come from?: Etymology tree English cube Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English cuboid English -al English cuboidal From cuboid + -al.

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