lox
Lox on bagel
Meaning
Noun
- Salmon cured in brine and then smoked in low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked.
- liquid oxygen .
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Origin
- From Yiddish לאַקס ("salmon"), from Middle High German lahs, from Old High German lahs, from Proto-West Germanic *lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz ("salmon"), from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- ("salmon, trout"). Cognate to Icelandic lax, German Lachs. lax, which see.
- Abbreviation of liquid oxygen
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