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gravadlax

UK/ˈɡɹɑːvədˌlæks/US/ˈɡɹɑvədˌlɑks/

gravadlax is the alternative form of gravlax.

Meaning of gravlax

Noun

gravlax (uncountable)

  1. Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.

Origin of gravadlax

Borrowed from Swedish gravad lax (literally “salmon dry-cured in salt and sugar”), from grava and lax.

Questions about gravadlax

What is gravadlax the alternative form of?
Gravadlax is the alternative form of gravlax.
How do you pronounce gravadlax?
Gravadlax is pronounced /ˈɡɹɑvədˌlɑks/ (US).

Words near gravadlax in the dictionary

  1. Graus
  2. Grauvian
  3. grauwacke
  4. grauwackes
  5. grav
  6. gravadlax
  7. gravamen
  8. gravamens
  9. gravamina
  10. gravaminous
  11. gravastar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gravadlax (page history and authors); gravlax (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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