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cubiform

American  
[kyoo-buh-fawrm] / ˈkju bəˌfɔrm /

adjective

  1. shaped like a cube.


cubiform British  
/ ˈkjuːbɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

  1. having the shape of a cube

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cubiform

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

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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 Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

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

From Cobb's Bill-of-Fare by Newell, Peter

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

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison

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