cube
Pronunciation: [kyuːb]
Word
Context: "mathematics"
(noun) a solid shape that has six equal square faces. Think of a box or a dice shape; it's a three-dimensional object with straight edges and corners.
Example
The child built a cube with the blocks and painted it blue.
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The shape he created was not a cube, it had round edges.
Example
Can you show me how to draw a cube?
Context: "mathematics"
(verb) to multiply a number by itself two more times. If you take a number and calculate its cube, you're finding out how big it gets when you use it three times in multiplication.
Example
I will cube the number 2 to find the volume of a cube.
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He didn't cube the number correctly, so he got the wrong answer.
Example
How do you cube the number 6?
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