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LOX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("lox" is a kind of...):
smoked salmon (salmon cured by smoking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lox"):
Scandinavian lox (salt-cured Scandinavian salmon)
Nova lox; Nova salmon; Nova Scotia lox; Nova Scotia salmon; Nova style salmon (brine-cured salmon that is less salty than most; sometimes sugar is also used in the curing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
liquid oxygen; LOX
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("LOX" is a kind of...):
atomic number 8; O; oxygen (a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust)
