Gravlax Definition
grävläks
noun
Sliced salmon rubbed with salt, sugar, pepper, and dill, marinated, and served with a mustard sauce.
Webster's New World
Origin of Gravlax
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Swedish grava to bury (from the original process of curing it in the ground) ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots lax salmon laks- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From the Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).
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