/grahv"lahks/ , n. Scandinavian Cookery.
boned salmon, cured by marinating in sugar, salt, pepper, and other spices, esp. dill.
[ 1960-65; gravlax, Norw gravlaks, equiv. to grav- (cf. Sw grava, Norw grave to dig, bury) + lax, laks salmon; see LOX 1 ; the salmon was orig. cured by burying it ]