lox

(läks)

noun

a variety of salty smoked salmon

Origin: via Yiddish < Ger lachs, salmon, akin to OE leax, salmon, Tocharian lakṣi, fish < IE *laksos, salmon < base *lak-, speckled

noun

liquid oxygen, esp. when used in rockets

also LOX

Origin: l(iquid) ox(ygen)

See lox in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. LOX lox or lox·es

Smoked salmon.

Origin:

Origin: Yiddish laks

Origin: , from Middle High German lahs, salmon

Origin: , from Old High German; see laks- in Indo-European roots

noun

Liquid oxygen, especially when used as a rocket fuel oxidizer.

Origin:

Origin: l(iquid)

Origin: + ox(ygen)

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