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gravlaks

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gravlaks
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of gravlax.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian gravlaks, a compound of grave (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + laks (“salmon”), calque of Swedish gravlax.

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Questions

What does gravlaks mean?
Alternative spelling of gravlax.
Where does gravlaks come from?
It is traced to Norwegian.

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