CUBIC FOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cubic foot mean? 

• CUBIC FOOT (noun)
  The noun CUBIC FOOT has 1 sense:

1. the volume equal to a cube one foot on each side

  Familiarity information: CUBIC FOOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUBIC FOOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The volume equal to a cube one foot on each side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

cu ft; cubic foot

Hypernyms ("cubic foot" is a kind of...):

capacity measure; capacity unit; cubage unit; cubature unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; displacement unit; volume unit (a unit of measurement of volume or capacity)

 Context examples 

It is equal to 1,000 liters; 1,000 cubic decimeters; 10(e+6) cubic centimeters; 25.3 cubic feet; 6.29 barrels.

(Cubic Meter, NCI Thesaurus)

The cubic foot holds about 7.4805 US gallons.

(Cubic Foot, NCI Thesaurus)

Typically, Mars’ crust has been considered at least as dense as Earth’s oceanic crust, which is about 2,900 kilograms per meter cubed (about 181 pounds per cubic foot).

(New Gravity Map Suggests Mars Has a Porous Crust, NASA)

The researchers mapped the density of the Martian crust, estimating the average density is 2,582 kilograms per meter cubed (about 161 pounds per cubic foot).

(New Gravity Map Suggests Mars Has a Porous Crust, NASA)