adj. & n.
--adj. cube-shaped; like a cube.
--n.
1. Geom. a rectangular parallelepiped.
2 (in full cuboid bone) Anat. the outer bone of the tarsus.
Derivatives:
cuboidal adj.
Etymology: mod.L cuboides f. Gk kuboeides (as CUBE)
adj. & n.
--adj. cube-shaped; like a cube.
--n.
1. Geom. a rectangular parallelepiped.
2 (in full cuboid bone) Anat. the outer bone of the tarsus.
Derivatives:
cuboidal adj.
Etymology: mod.L cuboides f. Gk kuboeides (as CUBE)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012