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lox en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /lɒks/ (UK)
  • /lɑks/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Deriveds

loxist · loxism

Hyponyms

Nova

Synonyms

cold-smoked salmon

Translations (10)

sv kallrökt lax (type of smoked salmon) · de geräucherter Lachs (type of smoked salmon) · yi לאַקס (type of smoked salmon) · de Räucherlachs (type of smoked salmon) · fi kylmäsavulohi (type of smoked salmon) · pl łosoś wędzony (type of smoked salmon) · fr saumon fumé (type of smoked salmon) · he לַקְס (type of smoked salmon) · bg студено пушена сьомга (type of smoked salmon) · he אִלְתִּית מְעֻשֶּׁנֶת (type of smoked salmon)

Source: en.wiktionary, “lox” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

lox en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /lɒks/ (UK)
  • /lɑks/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable) Acronym of liquid oxygen, molecular oxygen in liquid form.
    • [Man]: Lox tanking secured? / [Man 2]: Lox tanking secured. 1959, “I Shot an Arrow into the Air” (0:45 from the start), in The Twilight Zone, season 1, episode 15:

Forms

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lOx alternative lexicographic
LOX alternative lexicographic
LOx alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

gox

Deriveds

flox · kerolox · hydrolox · methalox

Descendants

LOX

Synonyms

LO2 · loxygen · O2

Source: en.wiktionary, “lox” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

lox en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /lɒks/ (UK)
  • /lɑks/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To supply with liquid oxygen.
    • 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. 2002 February 20, Walter Cronkite, “Cronkite Essay on 40th Anniversary of Glenn Orbit”, in NPR:
    • The crew chiefs refer to the process as "LOXing the fleet." 2012 August 2, Daniel Heaton, “LOXing the fleet: a cold, cold day in the Air National Guard”, in National Guard, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2024:

Forms

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loxing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
loxed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
loxed Tense=Past lexicographic
lOx alternative lexicographic
LOx alternative lexicographic
loxes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
LOX alternative lexicographic

Relateds

LHe · LH2 · LNG · LPG · LN2