Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Salmon that has been cured in brine and is often smoked.
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- noun
smoked salmon - noun
liquid oxygen
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants
- noun brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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*decides not to, halps self to lox and bagel and creem chease and capers and moar lox*
IT’S - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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(Every good Jewish boy knows that lox is expensive!)
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Spending $20 to express ship $100 worth of lox is an extravagance, but justifiable.
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This is curious, until you remember that England is also where they call a lox like Stacey Kent the new Ella.
Retro Rubbish 2007
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What many of us mistakenly call lox is actually Nova-style smoked salmon.
Holy Smokeds 2011
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What many of us mistakenly call lox is actually Nova-style smoked salmon.
Holy Smokeds 2011
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Hamming It Up A press release from the Food and Drug Administration reports that Vita Food Products is recalling lox possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria:
Potemkin Prayer 2008
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Refrigerated smoked seafood, such as lox, also is off-limits.
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I've also served it over salt-cured salmon such as lox or gravlax instead of gefilte fish as a starter for holiday dinners.
Blog Appetit 2008
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Upon hearing the word "lox", she said, "Oh, you mean, smoked salmon."
InterfaithFamily.com 2008
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