noun
lox
loks
noun
1
Salmon cured in brine and cold-smoked, served raw rather than cooked.
"She piled lox and cream cheese onto a fresh bagel."
"The brunch menu offered lox with capers and red onion."
How to Use Lox
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishCured, smoked salmon, classically served on a bagel with cream cheese.
UK vs US
Mainly an American term, strongly associated with New York Jewish deli culture.
Common pairings
bagel with lox
lox and cream cheese
a slice of lox
Word Forms
loxed past tense, loxes singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish "laks," meaning salmon — closely related to the English word "lax," an older word for the same fish.