lox

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Names such as Biloxi, Bi-locks-e, as in lox and bagels.

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  1. noun Smoked salmon.
  2. noun Liquid oxygen, especially when used as a rocket fuel oxidizer.

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  • "To give offense in any sense," he began sensibly, only to finish with "lox are a very metaphysical bird, it's heard." —  The End of The Matter
  • Meanwhile, the lox was being steadily devalued, there was open hostility between the Jovians and Pax vessels which arrived at Callisto Station, and the aresians were complaining of being treated like poor cousins. —  A King of Infinite Space
  • Lunar aluminum replaced liquid oxygen as standard for the lox (although the name remained the same). —  A King of Infinite Space
  • Names such as Biloxi, Bi-locks-e, as in lox and bagels. —  nightnurse Diary Entry
  • "What is lox, anyway?" —  Cyberbooks
 

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American Heritage Dictionary (2)

  1. Yiddish laks, from Middle High German lahs, salmon, from Old High German; see laks- in Indo-European roots.
  2. l(iquid) + ox(ygen).

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/ (lŏks)/
ahd pronounces "lox"
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