cube
(kjuːb )
Word forms: cubes , cubing , cubed
1. countable noun B2
A cube is a solid object with six square surfaces which are all the same size.
...cold water with ice cubes in it.
...a box of sugar cubes.
The cabinet comes with locks and key and is shaped like a cube.
2. verb
When you cube food, you cut it into cube-shaped pieces.
Remove the seeds and stones and cube the flesh. [VERB noun]
Serve with cubed bread. [VERB-ed]
3. countable noun [usually singular]
The cube of a number is another number that is produced by multiplying the first number by itself twice. For example, the cube of 2 is 8.
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Collocations:
glass cube solve a cube
Well, they are stuck in a big glass cube while doing it.
The Sun
After terrifying everyone with his question, he calmly puts the glass cube on the back of his motorcycle and rides away.
The Times Literary Supplement
Check-in takes place in a glass cube in the courtyard.
Times, Sunday Times
My little glass cube of an office was so dense with smoke that, during particularly tense times it was difficult to see out.
Times, Sunday Times
A blue glass cube at the center of the fold on the 10th floor resembles a gem.
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The time to solve a cube will rise dramatically with cube size.
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He was able to solve the cube in under a minute within a few months using a simple layer by layer method.
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There are parallels, he says, between solving the cube and the game of football.
Times, Sunday Times
This method describes solving the cube in a layer-by-layer fashion.
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Solving the cube becomes almost trivial once a certain core set of algorithms, called macros, are learned.
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Translations:
Chinese: 方块, 将…切成方块
Japanese: 立方体, 角切りにする