noun
lox
Oxygen cooled into liquid form.
The rocket uses lox to help its fuel burn.
Etymology
Lox is a compressed technical name made from liquid oxygen. Its spelling combines the beginning of liquid with the beginning of oxygen.
More examples
- Workers wear protective gloves when handling lox.
- The insulated tank keeps the lox extremely cold.
- Lox turns into oxygen gas as it warms.
Similar words
- liquid oxygen
- The full technical name rather than its shortened form.