lox
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: locks
- Rhymes: -ɔks
Etymology 1
From Yiddish לאַקס (laks, “salmon”), from Middle High German lahs, from Old High German lahs, from Proto-West Germanic *lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (“salmon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”). Cognate to Icelandic lax, German Lachs. Doublet of lax.
Noun
lox (uncountable)
- (US) Salmon cured in brine and then smoked in low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked.
- Synonym: cold-smoked salmon
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Translations
type of smoked salmon
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Etymology 2
Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.
Alternative forms
Noun
lox (uncountable)
- Liquid oxygen (molecular oxygen in liquid form).
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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *luhs. Cognate with Old Saxon lohs, Old High German luhs, Old Swedish lō. See los.
Pronunciation
Noun
lox m
Declension
Declension of lox (strong a-stem)
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