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Etymology 1

Lox on bagel

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

Noun

lox (uncountable)

  1. (US) Salmon that is cured in brine and then smoked at a low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked.
    Synonym: cold-smoked salmon
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Etymology 2

Lox (liquid oxygen, the pale blue liquid) in a beaker

Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.

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Noun

lox (uncountable)

  1. Acronym of Liquid oxygen. (molecular oxygen in liquid form).
    Synonyms: LO2, O2(l), loxygen
    Coordinate term: gox (“gaseous oxygen”)
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Verb

lox (third-person singular simple present loxes, present participle loxing, simple past and past participle loxed)

  1. (transitive) To supply with liquid oxygen.
    • 2002 February 20, Walter Cronkite, “Cronkite Essay on 40th Anniversary of Glenn Orbit”, in NPR‎:
      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.
    • 2012 February 8, Daniel Heaton, “LOXing the fleet: a cold, cold day in the Air National Guard”, in National Guard‎:
      The crew chiefs refer to the process as "LOXing the fleet."
See also
  • LH2 (“liquid hydrogen”)
  • LHe (“liquid helium”)
  • LN2 (“liquid nitrogen”)
  • LNG (“liquified natural gas”)
  • LPG (“liquified petroleum gas”)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *luhs. Cognate with Old Saxon lohs, Old High German luhs, Old Swedish lō. See los.

Pronunciation

Noun

lox m

  1. lynx

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative lox loxas
accusative lox loxas
genitive loxes loxa
dative loxe loxum

Descendants

  • Middle English: lusk, losse (Early Middle English, Northern)
    • English: los
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