gravlax

[grahv-lahks]

grav·lax

[grahv-lahks]
noun Scandinavian Cookery.
boned salmon, cured by marinating in sugar, salt, pepper, and other spices, especially dill.

Origin:
1960–65; < Swedish gravlax, Norwegian gravlaks, equivalent to grav- (compare Swedish grava, Norwegian grave to dig, bury) + lax, laks salmon; see lox1; the salmon was orig. cured by burying it
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Gravlax is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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gravlax or gravadlax (ˈɡrævˌlæks)
 
n
dry-cured salmon, marinated in salt, sugar, and spices, as served in Scandinavia
 
[C20: from Norwegian, from grav grave (because the salmon is left to ferment) + laks or Swedish lax salmon]
 
gravadlax or gravadlax
 
n
 
[C20: from Norwegian, from grav grave (because the salmon is left to ferment) + laks or Swedish lax salmon]

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