cube

noun

• a symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares.
• short for cubicle.
• a block of something with six sides:a sugar cube
• Mathematics the product of a number multiplied by its square, represented by a superscript figure 3:a body increasing in weight by the cube of its length

verb

• 1 Mathematics raise (a number or value) to its cube.

• 2cut (food) into small cubes:I bought sirloin from the butcher and cubed it myself

• 3tenderize (meat) by scoring a pattern of small squares into its surface: (as adjective cubed)cubed steaks