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cuboid

Syllabification: (cu·boid)
Pronunciation: /ˈkyo͞oˌboid/
Definition of cuboid

adjective

  • more or less cubic in shape:the school was a hideous cuboid erection of brick and glass

noun

  • 1 Geometry a solid that has six rectangular faces at right angles to each other.
  • 2 (also cuboid bone) Anatomy a squat tarsal bone on the outer side of the foot, articulating with the heel bone and the fourth and fifth metatarsals.

Derivatives

cuboidal

Pronunciation: /-ˌboidl/
adjective

Origin:

early 19th century: from modern Latin cuboides, from Greek kuboeidēs, from kubos (see cube)

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