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oxo cube

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
ox-o cube
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of stock cube or bouillon cube (“a small cube, consisting of dry ingredients, that can be dissolved to make a broth or soup stock”)

British usage

name

The London Underground rail network.

Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

Genericized trademark of Oxo cube, a brand of stock cubes. The rhyming slang sense is by rhyme with the Tube.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Oxo cubes (plural) Oxo (alternative) the Oxo cube (canonical)

Phrases

the job is oxo up the Oxo Tower

Synonyms

stock cube or bouillon cube

Questions

What does oxo cube mean?
Synonym of stock cube or bouillon cube (“a small cube, consisting of dry ingredients, that can be dissolved to make a broth or soup stock”)
Where does oxo cube come from?
Genericized trademark of Oxo cube, a brand of stock cubes. The rhyming slang sense is by rhyme with the Tube.

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