CUBOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cuboid mean? 

• CUBOID (noun)
  The noun CUBOID has 1 sense:

1. a rectangular parallelepiped

  Familiarity information: CUBOID used as a noun is very rare.

• CUBOID (adjective)
  The adjective CUBOID has 1 sense:

1. shaped like a cube

  Familiarity information: CUBOID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUBOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rectangular parallelepiped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("cuboid" is a kind of...):

parallelepiped; parallelepipedon; parallelopiped; parallelopipedon (a prism whose bases are parallelograms)

• CUBOID (adjective)

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)

 Context examples 

One of three (medial, intermediate, or lateral cuneiform) bones in the foot medial to the cuboid bone and between either the first, second or third metatarsal bone and the navicular bone.

(Cuneiform Bone of the Foot, NCI Thesaurus)