lox

See also: LOX and LOx

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /lɑks/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Homophone: locks
  • Rhymes: -ɒks

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lox (uncountable)

  1. Smoked salmon.
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Etymology 2

Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.

Alternative forms

Noun

lox (uncountable)

  1. Liquid oxygen.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
  • gox, GOX (gaseous oxygen)
Derived terms
See also
  • LH2 (liquid hydrogen)
  • LN2 (liquid nitrogen)
  • LHe (liquid helium)
  • LNG (liquified natural gas)
  • LPG (liquified petroleum gas)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luhsaz (“lynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright, shining”). Cognate with Old Saxon lohs (“lynx”), Old High German luhs (“lynx”), Old Swedish lō (“lynx”). See los.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloks/

Noun

lox m (nominative plural loxas)

  1. lynx

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Descendants

  • Middle English: lusk
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