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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
lox (uncountable)
- 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[edit]
type of smoked salmon
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Etymology 2[edit]
Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.
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Noun[edit]
lox (uncountable)
- Liquid oxygen (molecular oxygen in liquid form).
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
lox m (nominative plural loxas)
Declension[edit]
Declension of lox (strong a-stem)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: lusk
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