Thesaurus: cube

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1. n. A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
2. n. The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.
3. v. t. To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
4. n. a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
5. n. a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
6. n. the product of three equal terms
7. n. 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
8. n. a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
9. v. raise to the third power
10. v. cut into cubes
11. 1. (Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides. 2. (Math.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4. Cube ore (Min.), pharmacosiderite. It commonly crystallizes in cubes of a green color. -- Cube root. (Math.), the number or quantity which, multiplied into itself, and then into the product, produces the given cube; thus, 3 is the cube root of 27, for 3x3x3 = 27. -- Cube spar (Min.), anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate. To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
12. v:7/n:93 n. a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces n. the product of three equal terms n. 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 n. a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube