lox

See also: LOX and LOx

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /lɔks/

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• Homophone: locks
• Rhymes: -ɔks

Etymology 1

Lox on bagel

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)

1. (US) 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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• 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

Lox (liquid oxygen, the 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

• flox
• 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-West Germanic *luhs. Cognate with Old Saxon lohs, Old High German luhs, Old Swedish lō. See los.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loks/

Noun

lox m

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: *lox, *lux, lusk
  • English: losse, los, loz (also possibly borrowed from Dutch or Low German)
  • ⇒ Middle English: luskwerk (“lynx pelt”)