"cubie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cubies [plural]
Rhymes: -uːbi Etymology: cube + -ie Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cube|ie}} cube + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} cubie (plural cubies)
  1. One of the smaller cubes making up a Rubik's cube. Categories (topical): Rubik's Cube
    Sense id: en-cubie-en-noun-MwNZlUjX Disambiguation of Rubik's Cube: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 56 44
  2. A five-gallon, boxed, plastic bag of drinking water used by firefighters.
    Sense id: en-cubie-en-noun-jaNAiLoq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50

Inflected forms

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