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gravlax

/ˈɡɹavˌlaks/US/ˈɡɹɑvˌlɑks/

gravlax noun: salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.

gravlax: salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an...
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Noun

gravlax (uncountable)

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

Forms of gravlax

alternative formgravadlax
alternative formgravad lax
alternative formgravlaks

Origin of gravlax

Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).

Words that rhyme with gravlax

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Questions about gravlax

What does gravlax mean?
Gravlax means salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.
What part of speech is gravlax?
Gravlax is a noun.
How do you pronounce gravlax?
Gravlax is pronounced /ˈɡɹavˌlaks/ (UK).

Words near gravlax in the dictionary

  1. gravity-darkening
  2. gravityless
  3. gravitylessness
  4. gravitylike
  5. gravlaks
  6. gravlax
  7. Gravley
  8. Gravleys
  9. Gravlin
  10. Gravlins
  11. gravo-

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