lox

C2+ Topic:Materials & Substances

US /lɑks/ UK /lɒks/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like luxe /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/ Sounds like lax /æ/ vs /ɑ/

Meanings

1

noun
brine-cured salmon; also liquid oxygen

He ordered a bagel with cream cheese and lox.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · brine-cured salmon; also... salmongravlaxsmoked-salmon

Etymology

From Yiddish laks ('salmon'), from Middle High German lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- ('salmon'). The 'liquid oxygen' sense is an unrelated acronym.

laks Yiddish *laḱs- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Materials & Substances

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