lox

¹

[ loks ]

noun

1. 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.

lox

²

or LOX

[ loks ]

noun

1. liquid oxygen.

lox

¹

/ lɒks /

noun

1. short for liquid oxygen, esp when used as an oxidizer for rocket fuels

lox

²

/ lɒks /

noun

1. a kind of smoked salmon

Word History and Origins

Origin of lox¹

First recorded in 1940–45; from Yiddish laks “salmon”; compare Middle High German, Old High German lahs, cognate with Old English leax, Old Norse lax; gravlax ( def )

Origin of lox²

First recorded in 1920–25; l(iquid) ox(ygen)

Word History and Origins

Origin of lox¹

C19: from Yiddish laks, from Middle High German lahs salmon

Example Sentences

Burns: “Well, take it away. It’s like dipping your tongue in lox.”

From Los Angeles Times

Staring down at our pickles and lox, we wondered how the salty, crispy zing of these foods represented the marriage of culture and microbiology.

From Salon

Inside, grime music blasts as a pop-up vendor doles out vegan banh mi to shoppers who clutch bamboo toilet paper and vegan lox.

From Los Angeles Times

If I am he, nope, for why should I credit any ideas of a lox who didn’t realize he couldn’t write?

From New York Times

They ferment overnight, then she boils and bakes them in the a.m. “to enjoy with Costco lox, an excessive amount of schmear and my morning coffee.”

From Seattle Times