lox
1[ loks ]
/ lɒks /
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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.
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Nearby words
lowry, lowry, malcolm, lowse, lowside window, lowveld, lox, loxo-, loxodont, loxodrome, loxodromic, loxodromics
Origin of lox
11940–45; < Yiddish laks salmon; compare Middle High German, Old High German lahs, cognate with Old English leax, Old Norse lax
Definition for lox (2 of 3)
Origin of lox
21920–25; l(iquid) ox(ygen)
Definition for lox (3 of 3)
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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British Dictionary definitions for lox (1 of 3)
lox
1/ (lɒks) /
noun
a kind of smoked salmon
Word Origin for lox
C19: from Yiddish laks, from Middle High German lahs salmon
British Dictionary definitions for lox (2 of 3)
lox
2/ (lɒks) /
noun
short for liquid oxygen, esp when used as an oxidizer for rocket fuels
British Dictionary definitions for lox (3 of 3)
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
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").
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