lox

1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈläks 

: liquid oxygen

lox

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural lox or loxes

: salmon that has been cured in brine and sometimes smoked

Examples of lox in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Their bagel and lox is a can’t miss and their raspberry croissant is to-die-for. —Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025

The second will embrace a cookout vibe with the same brisket plus barbecue chicken and lamb (all of the meat will be kosher), baked beans and collard green lox wraps. —Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2024

At Odell’s Bagel, which opened in October 2024, Miles Odell lends the nuances of Japanese cooking to bagel culture, hand-rolling every bagel, house-smoking his lox, and koji-curing his pastrami. —Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2024

Over bagels and lox, Becker presented Corbet with a design for The Institute that referenced László’s past in Nazi concentration camps and won the job with her vision. —Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

liquid oxygen

Noun (2)

Yiddish laks, from Middle High German lahs salmon, from Old High German; akin to Old English leax salmon

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1923, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lox

• balks
• blocks
• blocs
• box
• chalks
• chocks
• clocks
• cocks
• cox
• crocks
• docks
• docs

Kids Definition

lox

1 of 2 noun

ˈläks 

: liquid oxygen

lox

2 of 2 noun

plural lox or loxes

: salmon that has been cured in brine and sometimes smoked

Etymology

Noun

liquid oxygen

Noun

from Yiddish laks "lox," from an old German word lahs "salmon"