a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
"The child arranged several wooden cubes on the table to build a perfect square structure."
the product of three equal terms
"The number 27 is a cube because it equals three multiplied by itself twice."
any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
"The local fishermen harvested the toxic cube plant to stun schools of fish before collecting them."
a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
"The archaeologists carefully lifted the heavy stone cube from its place in the ancient wall."
A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
"He quickly retreated into his cube to avoid the loud conversation at the conference table."
A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
In plain English: A cube is a three-dimensional shape that has six identical square sides and looks just like a standard die used for rolling numbers.
"The sugar is sold in cubes that dissolve quickly in hot tea."
Usage: Use "cube" as a noun for either a three-dimensional shape with six square sides or an office partitioned workspace like a cubicle. Avoid confusing this specific geometric term with the verb form meaning to raise a number to its third power unless explicitly discussing mathematics.
raise to the third power
"To find the volume of a room with dimensions 4 meters by 3 meters by 2 meters, you must cube each dimension and multiply them together."
To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
"To find the volume of a unit square prism, you must cube its side length."
In plain English: To cube something means to multiply that number by itself three times, like turning 2 into eight.
"The carpenter decided to cube the rough timber before assembling the shelf."
The word comes from Old French and Latin, originally meaning a die or a solid block. It traces back to the Ancient Greek term for a cube-shaped object.