lox


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lox1 /lɒks/
noun liquid oxygen.
– origin early 20th cent.: acronym from liquid oxygen explosive, later interpreted as being from liquid oxygen.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lox2 /lɒks/
noun N. Amer. smoked salmon.
– origin 1940s: from Yiddish laks.
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