I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an ice cube (= a small square piece of ice that you add to a drink )
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She put a couple of ice cubes in her glass.
bouillon cube
cube root
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4 is the cube root of 64
ice cube
stock cube
sugar cube
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
small
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Even though it was just a small black cube , it somehow always looked more alert when it was listening.
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Scallops come in two sizes: the large white cubes from sea scallops and the smaller pinkish cubes from bay scallops.
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Peel the cucumber, cut into small cubes of similar size to the melon cubes.
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He often ran errands for Fong in return for jelly beans or small cubes of greasy homemade soap.
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Cut the brioche trimmings into small cubes .
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Cut the pepper in half, discard the seeds and stem and chop the flesh into small cubes .
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Where two small cubes meet fact to face I shall put glue on one of the two faces.
■ NOUN
ice
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Add the ice cubes and chill for at least 1 hour.
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Karen took some ice cubes from the freezer and poured the soda.
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Cooking such small amounts of food can be fiddly and time consuming so try freezing baby-sized portions in ice cube trays.
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Or put some ice cubes in the sieve before straining the soup, Roraback suggests.
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Hannah had poured herself a dry Martini and put in ice cubes and lemon.
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The ice cubes will help to cool the soup and attract any fat globules.
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I improvised by putting colour into an ice cube tray - thus giving me deep wells and plenty of colour.
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I fetched ice cubes in the middle of the night to try to numb the backs of my legs.
stock
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In the meantime, cook the rice according to the instructions, using the pilau rice stock cube .
sugar
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And then again, but this time on a coffee spoon, with the other half of the sugar cube .
■ VERB
cut
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Peel the cucumber, cut into small cubes of similar size to the melon cubes.
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Press the skin so the cubes pop out. Cut mango cubes off the skin.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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cubes of Cheddar cheese
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Cut the melon into 2cm cubes and leave to soak in some port or red wine.
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For a joke, he put an ice cube down the back of her dress.
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She dropped a cube of sugar into her tea and stirred it with a spoon.
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Would you get me some ice cubes out of the freezer?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cooking such small amounts of food can be fiddly and time consuming so try freezing baby-sized portions in ice cube trays.
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I fetched ice cubes in the middle of the night to try to numb the backs of my legs.
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Karen took some ice cubes from the freezer and poured the soda.
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Place the thread on the ice cube and put salt on it, especially near the thread. 4.
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Toni filled the glasses with ice cubes and watched as Letia slid two thick red steaks under the broiler.
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We can also let any point inside the cube be input too.
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We start by picking up and examining the cube .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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3 cubed is 27
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The dish is made with cubed pieces of steak.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But to suppose that this picture bears the faintest resemblance to what the Labour leadership wants betrays something like paranoia cubed.