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CUBICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cubical mean?
• CUBICAL (adjective)
The adjective CUBICAL has 1 sense:
1. shaped like a cube
Familiarity information: CUBICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaped like a cube
Synonyms:
cube-shaped; cubelike; cubical; cubiform; cuboid; cuboidal
Similar:
cubic; three-dimensional (having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions)
Derivation:
cube (a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube)
cube (a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides)
cube (a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces)
Context examples
A light and spongy bone that is cubical in shape.
(Ethmoid Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
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