Cube Meaning
/kjuːb/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
nounAny object more or less in the form of a cube.
Sentence Examples
I like to put an ice cube into my coffee, because it's usually too hot.
Hi Mr Ant, keeping up the good work today as well. Here's a sugar cube.
I play with Rubik's cube, not with Ruby's ass!
CEFR Practice Quiz
He carefully placed the sugar ____ into his coffee cup.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I like to put an ice ____ into my coffee, because it's usually too hot.
Word Origin & History
From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). Displaced Old English tæfel ("cube, die, game with dice or tables").
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"From this severe trial Mr. Nackybal emerged with distinction, having in his cubing made only twenty-five slight mistakes out of the forty-six cubes demanded, and in his rooting, out of the fifty-three extractions propounded, committed a mere matter of four trifling errors!"
— 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
"Beautiful peepshows with hand-coloured engravings by Martin Englebrecht, 1684-1756, were produced in Augsburg about 1740. The box, about six inches cube, contained slots to take four cut-out scenes, the front of the box had another cut-out, and the back was painted with a landscape, making six 'curtains' in all."
— 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 181:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He carefully placed the sugar ____ into his coffee cup.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I like to put an ice ____ into my coffee, because it's usually too hot.