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| cube [ kyoob ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle cubed, present participle cub·ing, 3rd person present singular cubes) |
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1. dice food: to cut or shape food into cubes
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2. cooking tenderize meat: to score meat with a pattern of squares in order to make it more tender
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3. multiply item by itself twice: to multiply a number or quantity by itself twice, e.g. 6 cubed is 6 x 6 x 6
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4. work out cubic content of something: to calculate the cubic content of something
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noun (plural cubes) |
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1. solid figure of six equal sides: a three-dimensional geometric figure formed of six equal square plane faces, each set at right angles to the four sides adjacent to it
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2. cube-shaped object: a solid shaped like a cube
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3. product of three equal numbers: the product of three equal numbers or quantities multiplied together, usually written in mathematical notation as a raised 3, e.g. 43 means 4 × 4 × 4
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4. measurements mechanical engineering cubic inches: cubic inches, especially of an internal-combustion engine
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| [Mid-16th century. Directly or via French< Latin cubus< Greek kubos "cube, pelvis"] |
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  cub·er noun |
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