gravlax

gravlax
/grahv"lahks/, n. Scandinavian Cookery.
boned salmon, cured by marinating in sugar, salt, pepper, and other spices, esp. dill.
[1960-65; < Sw gravlax, Norw gravlaks, equiv. to grav- (cf. Sw grava, Norw grave to dig, bury) + lax, laks salmon; see LOX1; the salmon was orig. cured by burying it]

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