"lox" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɒks/ [UK], /lɑks/ [US] Audio: en-us-lox.ogg [US]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|לאַקס||salmon}} Yiddish לאַקס (laks, “salmon”), {{der|en|gmh|lahs}} Middle High German lahs, {{der|en|goh|lahs}} Old High German lahs, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*lahs}} Proto-West Germanic *lahs, {{der|en|gem-pro|*lahsaz||salmon}} Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (“salmon”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*laḱs-||salmon, trout}} Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”), {{cog|is|lax}} Icelandic lax, {{cog|de|Lachs}} German Lachs, {{doublet|en|lax}} Doublet of lax Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lox (uncountable)
  1. (US) Salmon cured in brine and then smoked in low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked. Tags: US, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Salmonids Synonyms: cold-smoked salmon Hyponyms: Nova Derived forms: loxism Translations (type of smoked salmon): студено пушена сьомга (studeno pušena sjomga) (Bulgarian), kylmäsavulohi (Finnish), kallrökt lax [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lox-en-noun-jSYqgjRS Disambiguation of Salmonids: 46 54 Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /lɒks/ [UK], /lɑks/ [US] Audio: en-us-lox.ogg [US]
Etymology: Abbreviation of liquid oxygen. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Abbreviation of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">liquid oxygen</i></span>.|lang=}} Abbreviation of liquid oxygen., {{abbreviation of|en|liquid oxygen}} Abbreviation of liquid oxygen. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lox (uncountable)
  1. Liquid oxygen (molecular oxygen in liquid form). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Oxygen Categories (lifeform): Salmonids Synonyms: LO2, O2 (alt: l), loxygen, LOX, LOx Derived forms: flox, hydrolox, kerolox, methalox Related terms: LH2 (english: liquid hydrogen), LHe (english: liquid helium), LN2 (english: liquid nitrogen), LNG (english: liquified natural gas), LPG (english: liquified petroleum gas)
    Sense id: en-lox-en-noun-7vKWv~mg Disambiguation of Salmonids: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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