LOX


Meaning of LOX in English

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 ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .