1.  cube(n = noun.shape) regular hexahedron - a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces; Array
is a kind of ideal solid, platonic body, platonic solid, regular convex polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular polyhedron
has particulars: tesseract, quadrate
Derived forms verb cube₂, adjective cubical₁, adjective cuboidal₁

2.  cube(n = noun.shape) block - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; Array
is a kind of solid
has particulars: goldbrick
Derived forms verb cube₂, adjective cubical₁, adjective cuboidal₁

3.  cube(n = noun.quantity) third power - the product of three equal terms; Array
is a kind of number
Derived form verb cube₁

4.  cube(n = noun.plant) Array - any 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; Array
is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex
is a member of genus lonchocarpus, lonchocarpus

5.  cube(n = noun.artifact) square block - a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube; Array
is a kind of block
has particulars: dice, die, ice cube
Derived form adjective cubical₁

1.  cube(v = verb.cognition) Array - raise to the third power; Array
is one way to multiply
Derived form noun cube₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  cube(v = verb.contact) dice - cut into cubes; "cube the cheese"
is one way to cut
Derived forms noun cube₂, noun cube₁
Sample sentences: The chefs cube the vegetables

1.  A regular solid body, with six equal square sides. [1913 Webster]

2.  The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4. [1913 Webster]

   To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of. [1913 Webster]

cube, n. & v.
--n.
1 a solid contained by six equal squares.
2 a cube-shaped block.
3 Math. the product of a number multiplied by its square.
--v.tr.
1 find the cube of (a number).
2 cut (food for cooking etc.) into small cubes.

Idiom:
cube root the number which produces a given number when cubed.

Derivative:
cuber n.

Etymology:
F cube or L cubus f. Gk kubos

N  triality, trinity, triunity, three, triad, triplet, trey, trio, ternion, leash, shamrock, tierce, spike-team, trefoil, triangle, trident, triennium, trigon, trinomial, trionym, triplopia, tripod, trireme, triseme, triskele, triskelion, trisula, third power, cube, cube root, three, triform, trinal, trinomial, tertiary, ternary, triune, triarch, triadie, triple, tri-, tris-, tria juncta in uno.

VB  treble, triple, triplicate, cube.

N  angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp, bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, angle of 45 degrees, miter, acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle, angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity, trigonometry, goniometry, altimetry, clinometer, graphometer, goniometer, theodolite, sextant, quadrant, dichotomy, triangle, trigon, wedge, rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond, rhomb, rhombus, quadrangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, quadrature, polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon, decagon, pyramid, cone, Platonic bodies, cube, rhomboid, tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron, prism, pyramid, parallelopiped, curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.

bouillon cube, cube root, ice cube, stock cube