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A symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares
“Nearly all of the characters in the show have heads that are some variation on the shape of a cube.”
A separate section or part of a building, structure or container
“I returned to find a half dozen of my fellow technical writers laughing around the computer monitor in the adjoining cube.”
A portion of an object or of material
“Let us then suppose that we have a cube of lead, and a larger cube of cork, each of which, when weighed accurately in vacuo, is found to be exactly a pound.”
To form or cut into the shape of a cube
“While the oven heats, cube the beef into bitesize morsels.”
(arithmetic) To perform multiplication (on a number)
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