lox

See also: LOX and LOx

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɒks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lɑks/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: locks

Etymology 1

Lox on bagel

Borrowed from Yiddish לאַקס (laks, “salmon”). Doublet of lax.

Noun

lox (uncountable)

1. (US) Salmon cured in brine and then smoked in low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked.

   Synonym: cold-smoked salmon

Hyponyms

• Nova

Derived terms

• loxism

 

Translations

type of smoked salmon

• Bulgarian: студено пушена сьомга (studeno pušena sjomga)
• Finnish: kylmäsavulohi
• Swedish: kallrökt lax n

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• Dutch: gerookte zalm
• Faroese: royktur laksur m
• French: saumon fumé (fr) m
• German: Räucherlachs (de)
• Italian: salmone affumicato m
• Yiddish: לאַקס m (laks)

See also

• lox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Lox (liquid oxygen, the pale blue liquid) in a beaker

Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.

Alternative forms

• LOX, LOx

Noun

lox (uncountable)

1. Liquid oxygen (molecular oxygen in liquid form).

   Synonyms: LO2, O₂(l), loxygen

   Coordinate term: gox (“gaseous oxygen”)

   • 1959, “I Shot an Arrow into the Air” (0:45 from the start), in The Twilight Zone, season 1, episode 15:

     [Man]: Lox tanking secured? / [Man 2]: Lox tanking secured.

Derived terms

• flox
• hydrolox
• kerolox
• methalox

 

Verb

lox (third-person singular simple present loxes, present participle loxing, simple past and past participle loxed)

1. (transitive) To supply with liquid oxygen.
   • 2002 February 20, Walter Cronkite, “Cronkite Essay on 40th Anniversary of Glenn Orbit”, in NPR‎^[1]:

     Fumes coming from the booster at the pad indicate that loxing has begun -- that is, the liquid oxygen has begun to be poured into its tank aboard the Atlas.

   • 2012 February 8, Daniel Heaton, “LOXing the fleet: a cold, cold day in the Air National Guard”, in National Guard‎^[2]:

     The crew chiefs refer to the process as "LOXing the fleet."

See also

• LH2 (“liquid hydrogen”)
• LHe (“liquid helium”)
• LN2 (“liquid nitrogen”)
• LNG (“liquified natural gas”)
• LPG (“liquified petroleum gas”)

 

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *luhs. Cognate with Old Saxon lohs, Old High German luhs, Old Swedish lō. See los.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loks/

Noun

lox m

1. lynx

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lox	loxas
accusative	lox	loxas
genitive	loxes	loxa
dative	loxe	loxum

Descendants

• Middle English: lusk, losse (Early Middle English, Northern)
  • English: los, loz