cubiform

[ kyoo-buh-fawrm ]

adjective

1. shaped like a cube.

cubiform

/ ˈkjuːbɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. having the shape of a cube

Word History and Origins

Origin of cubiform¹

First recorded in 1720–30; cube ¹ + -i- + -form

Example Sentences

He makes portraits, too—portraits of persons with cubic hands and cubic feet, who are smoking cubed cigarettes and have solid cubiform heads.

From Project Gutenberg

In the apse are two rows of columns with cubiform capitals carved in accordance with the florid Romanesque taste, as it was developed in Southern France.

From Project Gutenberg

At each exterior angle of the imperfect polygon was a column with a cubiform capital.

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