HyperDic: cube

English > 7 senses of the word cube:
NOUNshapecube, regular hexahedrona hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
shapecube, blocka three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
quantitycube, third powerthe product of three equal terms
plantcubeany of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
artifactcube, square blocka block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
VERBcognitioncuberaise to the third power
contactcube, dicecut into cubes
cube > pronunciation
Soundskyuw'b
Rhymesboob ... tube: 6 rhymes with uwb...
English > cube: 7 senses > noun 1, shape
MeaningA hexahedron with six equal squares as faces.
Synonymregular hexahedron
NarrowerquadrateA cubelike object
tesseractThe four-dimensional analogue of a cube
Broaderregular polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular convex polyhedron, Platonic body, Platonic solid, ideal solidAny one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent
Spanishcubo, hexaedro regular, terrón
Catalancub, hexaedre regular, hexàedre regular
Adjectivescubichaving three dimensions
cubical, cuboidalshaped like a cube
Verbscubecut into cubes
English > cube: 7 senses > noun 2, shape
MeaningA three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.
Synonymblock
NarrowergoldbrickA brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
BroadersolidA three-dimensional shape
Spanishbloque, cubo
Catalanbloc
Adjectivescubichaving three dimensions
cubicinvolving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable
cubical, cuboidalshaped like a cube
Verbscubecut into cubes
English > cube: 7 senses > noun 3, quantity
MeaningThe product of three equal terms.
Synonymthird power
BroadernumberA concept of quantity involving zero and units
Spanishcubo
Catalancub
Adjectivescubicinvolving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable
Verbscuberaise to the third power
English > cube: 7 senses > noun 4, plant
MeaningAny of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone.
Member ofLonchocarpus, genus Lonchocarpusgenus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers
Broadersubshrub, suffrutexlow-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
English > cube: 7 senses > noun 5, artifact
MeaningA block in the (approximate) shape of a cube.
Synonymsquare block
Narrowerdie, diceA small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces
ice cubeA small cube of artificial ice
BroaderblockA solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
Spanishcubo, terrón
Adjectivescubichaving three dimensions
cubicalshaped like a cube
English > cube: 7 senses > verb 1, cognition
MeaningRaise to the third power.
PatternSomebody ----s something
CategoryarithmeticThe branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
Broadermultiplycombine by multiplication
Nounscubethe product of three equal terms
English > cube: 7 senses > verb 2, contact
Meaningcut into cubes.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
ModelThe chefs cube the vegetables
Example"cube the cheese"
Synonymdice
Broadercutseparate with or as if with an instrument
Spanishcortar a dados, cubicar
Nounscubea hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
cubea three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

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