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# cubical

«cubical» in Mova's school dictionary: **Shaped like a cube, with six equal square faces (a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (cubical)

### meaning for a pupil

Shaped like a cube, with six equal square faces (a cubical box). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a cubical box has the same length, width and height; its volume is side × side × side. In science: salt crystals are cubical. Rare word; usually people say «cube-shaped».

### examples

- Salt crystals are cubical. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/#x1)
- The present came in a cubical box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/#x2)
- A cubical block with sides of 2 cm has a volume of 8 cubic centimetres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/#x3)
- Dice are small cubical objects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/#x4)
- The building looked cubical from the outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/#x5)
- The ice cubes were not quite cubical. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/#x6)

### note

Trap: «cubical» (shaped like a cube) and «cubicle» (a small private space, like a toilet cubicle or office booth) sound the same. Also «cubic» is used for units: cubic metres. Volume of a cube = side³.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cubical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.