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CUBE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A block in the (approximate) shape of a cube

Synonyms:

cube; square block

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cube" is a kind of...):

block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cube"):

dice; die (a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers)

ice cube (a small cube of artificial ice; used for cooling drinks)

Derivation:

cubical (shaped like a cube)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cube" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("cube" is a member of...):

genus Lonchocarpus; Lonchocarpus (genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The product of three equal terms

Synonyms:

cube; third power

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("cube" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Derivation:

cube (raise to the third power)

cubic (involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

Synonyms:

block; cube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("cube" is a kind of...):

solid (a three-dimensional shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cube"):

goldbrick (a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not)

Derivation:

cube (cut into cubes)

cubic (involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable)

cubical; cuboidal (shaped like a cube)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A hexahedron with six equal squares as faces

Synonyms:

cube; regular hexahedron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("cube" is a kind of...):

ideal solid; Platonic body; Platonic solid; regular convex polyhedron; regular convex solid; regular polyhedron (any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cube"):

tesseract (the four-dimensional analogue of a cube)

quadrate (a cubelike object)

Derivation:

cube (cut into cubes)

cubical; cuboidal (shaped like a cube)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Raise to the third power

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "cube" is one way to...):

multiply (combine by multiplication)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cube (the product of three equal terms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cut into cubes

Example:

cube the cheese

Synonyms:

cube; dice

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "cube" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs cube the vegetables

Derivation:

cube (a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides)

cube (a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces)

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