Meanings
plural Oxo cubes · alternative OXO cube · alternative oxo cube · alternative Oxo · alternative OXO · alternative oxo
- IrelandUKSynonym of stock cube or bouillon cube (“a small cube, consisting of dry ingredients, that can be dissolved to make a broth or soup stock”)
Synonyms: stock cube or bouillon cube
alternative OXO cube · alternative oxo cube · alternative Oxo · alternative OXO · alternative oxo
- CockneyslangThe London Underground rail network.
On the Oxo Cube to London
1993, Verbatim, volumes 20-21, page 211 more example
For instance, on the oxo cube 'tube' the weasler or porter has changed into the less descriptive stationman […]
1981, Peter Wright, Cockney Dialect and Slang, page 74
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of stock cube or bouillon cube (“a small cube, consisting of dry ingredients, that can be dissolved to make a broth or soup stock”)
Origin
Genericized trademark of Oxo cube, a brand of stock cubes. The rhyming slang sense is by rhyme with the Tube.
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Oxo cube. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oxo%20cube
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