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gravlax

Pronunciation: /ˈgravlaks/
(also gravadlax)
Definition of gravlax

noun

[mass noun]
  • a Scandinavian dish of dry-cured salmon marinated in herbs.

Origin:

Swedish, from grav 'trench' + lax 'salmon' (from the former practice of burying the salmon in salt in a hole in the ground)

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