lox

¹ American  

[loks] / lɒks /

noun

1. a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure Scandinavian lox or a sugar cure Nova Scotia lox, often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.

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lox ² American  

[loks] / lɒks /

Or LOX

noun

1. liquid oxygen.

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lox ¹ British  

/ lɒks /

noun

1. a kind of smoked salmon

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lox ² British  

/ lɒks /

noun

1. short for liquid oxygen, esp when used as an oxidizer for rocket fuels

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Etymology

Origin of lox¹

First recorded in 1940–45; from Yiddish laks “salmon”; compare Middle High German, Old High German lahs, cognate with Old English leax, Old Norse lax; gravlax ( def. )

Origin of lox²

First recorded in 1920–25; l(iquid) ox(ygen)

Example Sentences

His wife is Jewish, but he grew up eating bagels and lox long before that.

From Salon

To make the lox, lay the fish in a tray and coat it with a curing blend of two parts salt to one part sugar.

From Salon

The result is an oversize, floppy version of a classic bagel with lox.

From The Wall Street Journal

Burns: “Well, take it away. It’s like dipping your tongue in lox.”

From Los Angeles Times

Cloudy brine is a signal of tasty pickled cucumbers, but it can be a problem for lox.

From Salon