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cubile

cubile noun: the lowest course of stones in a building.

Noun

cubile (plural cubiles)

  1. (obsolete) The lowest course of stones in a building.

Forms of cubile

pluralcubiles

Origin of cubile

Learned borrowing from Latin cubīle (“bed”).

Questions about cubile

What does cubile mean?
Cubile means the lowest course of stones in a building.
What part of speech is cubile?
Cubile is a noun.
What is the plural of cubile?
The plural of cubile is cubiles.

Words near cubile in the dictionary

  1. cubiculum
  2. cubiculums
  3. cubie
  4. cubies
  5. cubiform
  6. cubile
  7. cubiles
  8. cubilin
  9. Cubillas
  10. cubilose
  11. cubinder

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