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–n.1. a solid with six square faces or sides, all equal.3. the product obtained when a number is used three times as a factor: »
125 is the cube of 5, because 5 × 5 × 5 = 125.
–v.t.1. to make or form into the shape of a cube: »The beets we had for supper were cubed instead of sliced.
2. to tenderize (meat) by pounding a pattern of small cubes on the surface with a tenderizing mallet.3. to use (a number) three times as a factor: »4 cubed is 64.
4. to measure the cubic contents of.–cube´like´, adjective.cu|be2 «KYOO bay», noun.any one of various tropical American plants which yield rotenone.╂[< Spanish quibey, probably < the Carib name]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.