lox

[loks]

noun

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.

Origin of lox

1940–45; < Yiddish laks salmon; compare Middle High German, Old High German lahs, cognate with Old English leax, Old Norse lax

lox

or LOX

[loks]

noun

liquid oxygen.

Origin of lox

1920–25; l(iquid) ox(ygen)

liquid oxygen

noun

a clear, pale blue liquid obtained by compressing oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point: used chiefly as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.

Origin of liquid oxygen

First recorded in 1875–80

Also called lox, LOX

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Examples from the Web for lox

Contemporary Examples of lox

I love to break the fast with herring and with the very American bagel, lox, and cream cheese.
Secrets of the Ultimate Jewish Mother
Sarah Whitman-Salkin
September 15, 2009

Historical Examples of lox

Those flashlight batteries are cheaper than lox, this is the thing of the future!
Toy Shop
Henry Maxwell Dempsey
But as soon as Lox finished, the maidens all set upon the stranger, and beat him till he ran away into the woods.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17)
Various
He pounced down, and caught hold of Lox by the hair and carried him a mile up into the sky, and then let go.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17)
Various
On the path in front of him Lox spied a couple of maidens, and they were trying to reach the fruit that grew on a wild plum-tree.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17)
Various
So long did Lox take to untie the knotted hair-string that when he came down it was quite dark.
The Myths of the North American Indians
Lewis Spence

British Dictionary definitions for lox

lox

noun

a kind of smoked salmon

Word Origin for lox

C19: from Yiddish laks, from Middle High German lahs salmon

lox

noun

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

liquid oxygen

noun

the clear pale blue liquid state of oxygen produced by liquefying air and allowing the nitrogen to evaporate: used in rocket fuelsAlso called: lox

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Word Origin and History for lox

1934, American English, from Yiddish laks, from Middle High German lahs "salmon," from Proto-Germanic *lakhs-, from the common IE root for the fish, *laks- (cf. Lithuanian laszisza, Russian losos, Polish łosoś "salmon").