lox 1
/loks/ , n.
a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) , often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
[ 1940-45; laks salmon; cf. MHG, OHG lahs, c. OE leax, ON lax ]
lox 2
/loks/ , n.
See liquid oxygen .
Also, LOX .
[ 1920-25; l ( iquid ) ox ( ygen ) ]