Oxo cube

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”)

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stock cube or bouillon cube

Meanings

nounOxo cube (plural Oxo cubes)

plural Oxo cubes · alternative OXO cube · alternative oxo cube · alternative Oxo · alternative OXO · alternative oxo

  1. 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

proper nounthe Oxo cube

alternative OXO cube · alternative oxo cube · alternative Oxo · alternative OXO · alternative oxo

  1. CockneyslangThe London Underground rail network.

    On the Oxo Cube to London

    1993, Verbatim, volumes 20-21, page 21
    1 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”)

Similar
stock cube or bouillon cube

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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APA

Oxo cube. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oxo%20cube

MLA

“Oxo cube.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oxo%20cube. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oxo cube,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oxo%20cube.

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