CUBOID

cubelike, cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal

(adjective) shaped like a cube

cuboid

(noun) a rectangular parallelepiped

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

cuboid (comparative more cuboid, superlative most cuboid)

Of the shape of a cube.

Noun

cuboid (plural cuboids)

(anatomy) The cuboid bone.

(geometry) A parallelepiped having six rectangular faces.

Source: Wiktionary


Cu"boid (k"boid), a. Etym: [Cube + -oid: cf. Gr. (Anat.)

Definition: Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot.

– n. (Anat.)

Definition: The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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