cube
n. countablen. a solid object with six equal square sides, like a box or a die. You can also use this word for a shape that is cut into small, even squares.
n. a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, with three meeting at each vertex. In its culinary or physical sense, it refers to any roughly equilateral block of material.
Add one ice cube to the glass.
The recipe asks you to cut the cold butter into small cubes before mixing it with the flour.
The architect designed the museum as a series of interlocking glass cubes, creating a geometric silhouette that contrasts sharply with the surrounding organic landscape.
From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).
Clipped form of cubicle (with intentional reference to their common shape per cube, etymology 1), which from Latin cubiculum (“a small bedchamber or lounge”), from cubare (“to lie down”).
Commonly used as a modifier in compound nouns like 'ice cube' or 'sugar cube'.