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lə, ˈhɑ noun
a loaf of rich white bread leavened with yeast and containing eggs, often braided before baking, prepared especially for the Jewish sabbath.
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challah or hallah (ˈhɑːlə, Hebrew xaˈla, ˈhɑːlə, Hebrew xaˈla) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -lahs, -loth | |
| bread, usually in the form of a plaited loaf, traditionally eaten by Jews to celebrate the Sabbath | |
| [from Hebrew hallāh] | |
| hallah or hallah (ˈhɑːlə, Hebrew xaˈla, ˈhɑːlə, Hebrew xaˈla, -ˈlɔt) | |
| —n | |
| [from Hebrew hallāh] | |
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Challah
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
challah
from Yiddish khale, from Hebrew chala "loaf of bread."
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Example sentences
Fresh-baked challah is soaked in an egg batter and original spices, fried and topped with cinnamon and sugar.
It is customary to have challah, two braided loaves of bread, on the table.
Challah is sometimes sweetened using honey and sometimes includes raisins.
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