lox

• Substantivo que designa salmão levemente salgado e defumado, geralmente servido como iguaria, muitas vezes em bagels com cream cheese.

A noun referring to brine-cured salmon that has been lightly smoked, typically served as a delicacy.

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1. Smoked salmonA2formalamericanculinary

   Brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked, typically served in thin slices.

   Salmão defumado

   • We had bagels with lox and cream cheese for breakfast.
   • She ordered a sandwich with lox, capers, and red onion.
   • Many delis in New York City serve lox as a specialty.
   • He bought thinly sliced lox from the gourmet store.

   Sinônimosnovanova loxsmoked salmon

2. Liquid oxygenC1formalscientific

   The liquid form of oxygen, used especially as an oxidizer in rocket propellants and in medicine.

   Oxigênio líquido

   • The rocket engines burned a mixture of kerosene and lox.
   • Lox is stored at extremely low temperatures.
   • Aerospace engineers calculate the exact amount of lox needed for launch.
   • In hospitals, lox is used to support patients with breathing difficulties.

   Sinônimosliquid oxygen