lox

See also: LOX and LOx

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɒks/
  • (US) IPA(key): /lɑks/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Homophone: locks

Etymology 1
Lox on bagel

From Yiddish לאַקס (laks, “salmon”), from Middle High German lahs, from Old High German lahs, from Proto-West Germanic *lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (“salmon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”). Cognate to Icelandic lax, German Lachs. Doublet of lax.

Noun

lox (uncountable)

  1. (US) Salmon cured in brine and then smoked in low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked.
    Synonym: cold-smoked salmon
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Etymology 2
Lox (liquid oxygen, the pale blue liquid) in a beaker

Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.

Alternative forms

Noun

lox (uncountable)

  1. Liquid oxygen (molecular oxygen in liquid form).
    Synonyms: LO2, O2(l), loxygen
    Coordinate term: gox (“gaseous oxygen”)
Derived terms
See also
  • LH2 (“liquid hydrogen”)
  • LHe (“liquid helium”)
  • LN2 (“liquid nitrogen”)
  • LNG (“liquified natural gas”)
  • LPG (“liquified petroleum gas”)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *luhs. Cognate with Old Saxon lohs, Old High German luhs, Old Swedish lō. See los.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /loks/

Noun

lox m

  1. lynx

Declension
Declension of lox (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative lox loxas
accusative lox loxas
genitive loxes loxa
dative loxe loxum

Descendants
  • Middle English: lusk, losse
    • English: los, loz
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