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# cubical

adjective (cubical)

«cubical» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/#x1)
- The present came in a cubical box. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/#x3)
- Dice are small cubical objects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/#x4)
- The building looked cubical from the outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/#x5)
- The ice cubes were not quite cubical. [tree →](https://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cubical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cubical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cubical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cubical.html) on Mova free.