lox
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8.2
- noun
- /lɑks/
- US
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lox
- Evy digs into her bagel and lox.
- bagels and lox
- lox with cream
- lox and cream cheese
They had like orange juice, coffee, bagels, lox.
- They had like orange juice, coffee, bagels, lox.
- All right, let's start with I think the most famous thing to get in New York other than pizza, which is a lox and schmear bagel, Huh.
Examples
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You ought to try that with cream cheese and lox.
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Cream cheese, bagel and lox.
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- The lox came fresh this morning.
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" This lox is so good."
Fiction book (1997) -
I remember the first time I had lox on a bagel.
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I love lox and bagels.
Fiction book (2002) -
At night, friends bring bagels and lox.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'll make you a bagel, lox and cream cheese.
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I had a bagel and lox this morning, and now I have an irresistible desire to speak to a rabbi.
Blog text (15) -
I remember the first time I had lox on a bagel.
Synonyms
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1.9
Thin cold slices of salmon that are salted and cooked over wood
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5.1
Salmon that people salt and smoke to keep and add flavor
Thin slices of salmon people keep in salt and sugar that taste less salty and are often eaten on bagels
A salt-cured salmon that has less salt than usual and sometimes tastes a little sweet
Salmon cured with a small amount of salt and sometimes sugar for a mild taste
A type of salmon lightly cured in salt water, usually less salty and sometimes made with sugar
Thin slices of salt-cured salmon served cold, often on bread
Compounds
- US
Thin slices of salmon people keep in salt and sugar that taste less salty and are often eaten on bagels
A salt-cured salmon that has less salt than usual and sometimes tastes a little sweet
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Etymology
Lox comes from Yiddish laks, and is like German Lachs and the old Norse word lax, all meaning 'salmon'. That's why lox today refers to the salted or lightly smoked 'salmon' often served in thin slices on bagels.