cubage

noun

ˈkyü-bij How to pronounce cubage (audio)
Definition of cubagenext
as in capacity
the largest number or amount that something can hold pipes with a cubage of over 1,000 cubic meters

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  1. capacity
  2. volume
Noun
  • But can a single supplier, no matter how competent and experienced, possibly be relied upon to deliver such a critical part of both forces’ future warfighting capacity?
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 18 Oct. 2026
  • High-ambition leaders building a new model of development deserve a high-ambition international financial system with the capacity to enable them to get there.
    — Masood Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of capacity
Noun
  • The bulk of the population actually engages in a rather high volume of daily digital reading--captions, emails, text and chat messages, news feeds, search results, etc.
    — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Under federal law, some online marketplaces must verify identifying information from certain high-volume third-party sellers and provide consumers with a mechanism for reporting suspicious marketplace activity.
    — Andrew Yockey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of volume
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“Cubage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cubage. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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