cube

(eg. solace, hindu, rose )

cube /ˈkjub/ ?

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(n) a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
(n) a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
(n) the product of three equal terms
(n) any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
(n) a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
(v) raise to the third power
(v) cut into cubes

Chips off the old cube Worldwide sales of the original Rubik's Cube, the six-sided brainteaser invented by Ern Rubik, a Hungarian professor of architecture, have.
Architecture is a profession in which the cube and sphere are still the literal building blocks.
This architect has abandoned traditional cube and sphere building blocks for more amorphous forms.

"The 1-3-1 looked like a Rubik's cube to us," Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said. "We were impatient. We couldn't make any 3-pointers. And when we got the ball in the paint, we didn't finish plays."
on Dec 30, 2006 By: Jim Calhoun Source: SI.com
"As we continue to expand our roster of diverse talent both on-camera and behind the camera, a guy like Ice Cube, who's multi-talented, is someone we really wanted to be in business with," said Ben Silverman, NBC Entertainment and Universal...
on Oct 30, 2008 By: Ben Silverman Source: HipHopDX
"It's like doing a Rubik's Cube where you have to put all your squares in the right position before they will all fit," says James, "and sometimes you have to move them out of order to be able to work them back in. That's how you do the cube....
on Apr 19, 2007 By: Lennie James Source: International Herald Tribune