Meanings
adjectivecuboidal (comparative more cuboidal, superlative most cuboidal)
comparative more cuboidal · superlative most cuboidal
- Resembling a cube.
The alveolar cells are cuboidal in shape.
1 more example
The Winchburgh Shale Line is of 2 ft. 6 in. gauge. The surface trucks or tubs are cuboidal metal boxes mounted on unsprung four-wheeled chassis.
1958 September 28, Anthony A. Vickers, “The Winchburgh Shale Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 613 - Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells whose height and width are approximately the same (cube shaped).
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveshaped like a cube
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishcube
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Englishcuboid
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcuboidal
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cuboidal
colloidalsinusoidaltoroidalsteroidalnonsteroidaltrapezoidalellipsoidalchoroidalspheroidalsigmoidalhemorrhoidalsolenoidalasteroidaladenoidalaliethmoidalalkaloidalamygdaloidalbotryoidalchancroidalcoccoidalconchoidalconoidalcrinoidalcrystalloidal
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
cuboidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuboidal
MLA
“cuboidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuboidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuboidal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuboidal.
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