lox

See also: LOX and LOx

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /lɑks/

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• Homophone: locks
• Rhymes: -ɒks

Etymology 1

Lox on bagel

From Yiddish לאַקס‎ (laks, “salmon”), from Old High German lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (“salmon”), from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”). Cognate to Icelandic lax, German Lachs. More at lax.

Noun

lox (uncountable)

1. Salmon cured in brine and then smoked in low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked.

   Synonym: cold-smoked salmon

Hyponyms

• Nova

Derived terms

• loxism

 

Translations

type of smoked salmon

• Bulgarian: студено пушена сьомга (studeno pušena sjomga)
• Finnish: kylmäsavulohi

• Swedish: kallrökt lax n

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: gerookte zalm
• Faroese: royktur laksur m
• French: saumon fumé (fr) m

• German: Räucherlachs (de)
• Italian: salmone affumicato m
• Yiddish: לאַקס‎ m (laks)

See also

• lox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Liquid oxygen (pale blue liquid) in a beaker

Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.

Alternative forms

• LOX, LOx

Noun

lox (uncountable)

1. Liquid oxygen (molecular oxygen in liquid form).

   Synonyms: LO2, O₂(l), loxygen

   Coordinate term: gox (“gaseous oxygen”)

Derived terms

• hydrolox
• kerolox
• methalox

 

See also

• LH2 (“liquid hydrogen”)
• LHe (“liquid helium”)
• LN2 (“liquid nitrogen”)
• LNG (“liquified natural gas”)
• LPG (“liquified petroleum gas”)

 

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luhsaz (“lynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright, shining”). Cognate with Old Saxon lohs (“lynx”), Old High German luhs (“lynx”), Old Swedish lō (“lynx”). See los.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loks/

Noun

lox m (nominative plural loxas)

1. lynx

Declension

Declension of lox (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lox	loxas
accusative	lox	loxas
genitive	loxes	loxa
dative	loxe	loxum

Descendants

• Middle English: lusk