- lox
- (loks) [Yiddish: salmon] Salmon that has been cured in brine and cold smoked, often eaten with cream cheese and bagels.
Dictionary of foreign words and phrases. Mary Varchaver and Frank Ledlie Moore. 2012.
lox
Look at other dictionaries:
lox — lox·ia; lox·o·clase; lox·o·cosm; lox·od·o·graph; lox·o·don·ta; lox·o·drome; lox·o·drom·ic; lox·om·ma; lox·om·moid; lox·os·ce·les; lox·o·so·ma; lox·y·gen; odon·to·lox·ia; phyl·lox·era; phyl·lox·er·i·dae; si·lox·ane; lox; lox·o·dont;… … English syllables
lox — lox, Lox [Abk. für engl. liquid oxygen = fl. Sauerstoff]: fl. O2 als Oxidationsmittel in Raketentreibstoffen. * * * Lox [eləʊ eks], Abkürzung für englisch liquid oxygen, flüssiger Sauerstoff als Oxidationsmittel für Raketentreibstoffe … Universal-Lexikon
Lox — lox, Lox [Abk. für engl. liquid oxygen = fl. Sauerstoff]: fl. O2 als Oxidationsmittel in Raketentreibstoffen. * * * Lox [eləʊ eks], Abkürzung für englisch liquid oxygen, flüssiger Sauerstoff als Oxidationsmittel für Raketentreibstoffe … Universal-Lexikon
lox — lox1 [läks] n. [via Yiddish < Ger lachs, salmon, akin to OE leax, salmon, Tocharian lakṣi, fish < IE * lak̆sos, salmon < base * lak̆ , speckled] a variety of salty smoked salmon lox2 [läks] n. [l(iquid) ox(ygen)] liquid oxygen, esp. when … English World dictionary
lox- — et loxo préfixe Préfixe qui, venant du grec, signifie oblique ; comparez le latin luxus, ôté de sa place, et voy. luxer … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
lox — [lɔks US la:ks] n [U] [Date: 1900 2000; : Yiddish; Origin: laks, from Middle High German lahs salmon ] especially AmE ↑salmon that has been treated with smoke in order to preserve it … Dictionary of contemporary English
lox — [ laks ] noun uncount AMERICAN SMOKED SALMON … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lox — (n.) 1934, American English, from Yiddish laks, from M.H.G. lahs salmon, from P.Gmc. *lakhs , from the common IE root for the fish, *laks (Cf. Lith. laszisza, Rus. losos, Pol. Е‚osoЕ› salmon ) … Etymology dictionary
lox|od|ro|my — «lok SOD ruh meh», noun. = loxodromics. (Cf. ↑loxodromics) … Useful english dictionary
Lox — For other uses, see Lox (disambiguation). Lox served with a bagel Lox is salmon fillet that has been cured. In its most popular form, it is thinly sliced less than 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in thickness and, typically, served on a bagel, often … Wikipedia
lox — lox1 /loks/, n. 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. [1940 45; < Yiddish laks salmon; cf. MHG, OHG lahs, c. OE leax, ON lax] lox2… … Universalium
