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gravlax

gravlax

English

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Noun

Gravlax (on the right)

gravlax ‎(uncountable)

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

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Portuguese

Noun

gravlax m (uncountable)

  1. gravlax (cured salmon)

Swedish

Etymology

grava +‎ lax

Noun

gravlax c

  1. gravlax (dry-cured salmon)

Declension

See also

  • hovmästarsås

Etymology

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

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