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LOX
(lŏks)abbr.
liquid oxygen
lox
(lŏks)n. pl. lox or lox·es
Salmon that has been cured in brine and is often smoked.
[Yiddish laks, from Middle High German lahs, salmon, from Old High German; see laks- in Indo-European roots.]
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lox
(lɒks)n
(Cookery) a kind of smoked salmon
[C19: from Yiddish laks, from Middle High German lahs salmon]
lox
(lɒks)n
(Elements & Compounds) short for liquid oxygen, esp when used as an oxidizer for rocket fuels. Also: loxygen
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lox1
(lɒks)n.
salmon brine-cured with either salt or sugar.
[1940–45; < Yiddish laks salmon; compare Middle High German, Old High German lahs, c. Old English leax, Old Norse lax]
lox2
or LOX
(lɒks)n.
[1920–25]
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| Noun | 1. | LOX - a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants atomic number 8, O, oxygen - a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust |
| 2. | lox - brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked smoked salmon - salmon cured by smoking Scandinavian lox - salt-cured Scandinavian salmon Nova lox, Nova salmon, Nova Scotia lox, Nova Scotia salmon, Nova style salmon - brine-cured salmon that is less salty than most; sometimes sugar is also used in the curing |
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