Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a cube.

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  • adjective shaped like a cube

Etymologies

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cube +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Bialy shops and kosher bakeries stand out among the nail salons and convenience stores that dot the landscape, and a remarkable number of synagogues line the street—some in storefronts, some in more traditional sanctuaries, and one in a cubelike former bank building.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Satellite photographs taken a year later show a cubelike structure rising at Dir al-Zur.

    The Secret War with Iran Ronen Bergman 2007

  • Satellite photographs taken a year later show a cubelike structure rising at Dir al-Zur.

    The Secret War with Iran Ronen Bergman 2007

  • After they don the ihram, the Hajjaaj begin a ritual known as the Tawaf (tahwaf; to turn), in which they walk around the ka'ba (kah-bah), a cubelike structure located in the middle of the masjid al-Haraam (mas-jeed al-hah-ram; The Sacred Mosque of Mecca).

    Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006

  • And you see this in many of these wonderful images …. like the Acropolis at Monte Alban and the oddly cubelike remains of Casas Grandes in the Chihuahua desert.

    Mexico, a Higher Vision: An Aerial Journey from Past to Present by Michael Calderwood 2000

  • And you see this in many of these wonderful images …. like the Acropolis at Monte Alban and the oddly cubelike remains of Casas Grandes in the Chihuahua desert.

    Mexico, a Higher Vision: An Aerial Journey from Past to Present by Michael Calderwood 2000

  • And you see this in many of these wonderful images …. like the Acropolis at Monte Alban and the oddly cubelike remains of Casas Grandes in the Chihuahua desert.

    Mexico, a Higher Vision: An Aerial Journey from Past to Present by Michael Calderwood 2000

  • On several summer days she returned to set up her umbrella and easel near its brown, cubelike adobe dwellings, which were built one on top of another, and worked until blanket-wrapped Indians silently appeared on roofs to observe the sunset.

    Portrait of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1986

  • Meanwhile, above the city, aliens build a massive mysterious cubelike structure [...]

    "MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader Cyriaque Lamar 2010

  • Inside, the walls of glass define a cubelike, central space.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

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