cube
cube [cube cubes cubed cubing] noun, verb BrE [kjuːb] NAmE [kjuːb]
noun 
1. a solid or hollow figure with six equal square sides
2. a piece of sth, especially food, with six sides
•Cut the meat into cubes.
see also ↑ice cube, ↑stock cube, ↑sugar cube
3. (mathematics)the number that you get when you multiply a number by itself twice
•The cube of 5 (5 3) is 125 (5×5×5).
Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek kubos.
Example Bank:
•She offered the pony a sugar cube.
•She put some ice cubes into her lemonade.
verb
1. usually passive ~ sth (mathematics)to multiply a number by itself twice
•10 cubed is 1 000.
2. ~ sth to cut food into ↑cubes
Syn: ↑dice
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek kubos.
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