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cuboid adjective [ ˈkjuːbɔɪd ]

• more or less cubic in shape.
• "the school was a hideous cuboid erection of brick and glass"

cuboid noun

• a solid which has six rectangular faces at right angles to each other.
• a squat tarsal bone on the outer side of the foot, articulating with the heel bone and the fourth and fifth metatarsals.
Origin: early 19th century: from modern Latin cuboides, from Greek kuboeidēs, from kubos (see cube).


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