cube in WordNet English dictionary

1. a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
   block  cube 
   
2. a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
   cube  square block 
   
3. 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
   cube 
   
4. the product of three equal terms
   cube  third power 
   
5. a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
   cube  regular hexahedron 
   

1. raise to the third power
   cube 
   
2. cut into cubes
   "cube the cheese"
   cube  dice