gravlax

[ grahv-lahks ]

nounScandinavian Cooking.
  1. boned salmon, cured by marinating in sugar, salt, pepper, and other spices, especially dill.

Origin of gravlax

1
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 originally cured by burying it

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gravlax

gravadlax

/ (ˈɡrævˌlæks) /


noun
  1. dry-cured salmon, marinated in salt, sugar, and spices, as served in Scandinavia

Origin of gravlax

1
C20: from Norwegian, from grav grave (because the salmon is left to ferment) + laks or Swedish lax salmon

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