LOX
noun
1.
a bluish transparent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants
2.
brine-cured salmon
Origin
Borrowed from Yiddish לאַקס (laks, “salmon”). Doublet of lax.
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