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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.
Origin:
1940–45; < Yiddish laks salmon; compare Middle High German, Old High German lahs, cognate with Old English leax, Old Norse lax
1940–45; < Yiddish laks salmon; compare Middle High German, Old High German lahs, cognate with Old English leax, Old Norse lax
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lox1 (lɒks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a kind of smoked salmon | |
| [C19: from Yiddish laks, from Middle High German lahs salmon] | |
| lox2 (lɒks) | |
| —n | |
| short for liquid oxygen, esp when used as an oxidizer for rocket fuels | |
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Word Origin & History
lox
1941, Amer.Eng., from Yiddish laks, from M.H.G. lahs "salmon," from P.Gmc. *lakhs-, from the common IE root for the fish (cf. Lith. laszisza, Rus. losos, Pol. losos "salmon").
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| LOX liquid oxygen |
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