cubes

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Cubes are three-dimensional shapes with six equal square faces—the shape of dice or ice cubes.

To cube something is to cut it into cube-shaped pieces: Cube the potatoes before roasting.

In mathematics, to cube a number is to multiply it by itself twice: the cube of 3 is 27.

Sugar cubes are small blocks of compressed sugar.

In slang, a cube is a boring, conventional person—someone square in every dimension.

food

diced

Cut into cubes

tofu · sugar · bouillon · stock · gelatin · Jell-O · ice-cream · butter · ham · croutons

geometry

vertices

Corner points of shapes

hexahedron · three-dimensional · platonic · symmetry · volume · congruent · prism · tessellation · spatial · solid

puzzle

Rubik's

Iconic twisting cube puzzle's

speedcubing · twist · rotate · permutation · notation · timer · competition · blindfolded · layers · centers

blocks

toy

Object for amusement

wooden · plastic · colorful · magnetic · toddler · play · educational · kindergarten · creativity · construction

ice

freezer

Subzero storage compartment

clink · melt · crack · frost · cooler · drink · dilute · crushed · highball · rocks

crystal

quartz

Crystalline silicon dioxide

fluorite · pyrite · mineral · bismuth · salt · formation · lattice · structure · transparent · prismatic

dice

roll

List of names

dots · craps · boxcars · casino · shooter · betting · odds · pair · tumble · loaded

Categories
Opposites
geometric shape

cubesspheres

Round solids, all points equidistant

balls · globes · orbs · ovoids · ellipsoids

regularity/uniformity

cubesblobs

Amorphous masses

organic forms · lumps · natural forms

Phrases
Family

cube, cubic, cubism, cubed, cuboid, cubing, cubist, hypercube, cubical

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G