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noun Jewish Cookery.
a stewed or baked dish, especially of meat and beans, served on the sabbath but cooked the day before or overnight over a slow fire.
Origin:
< Yiddish tsholnt, tshulnt, perhaps < Old French < Latin calentem, accusative present participle of calēre to be hot (> French, Old French chaloir, attested only in derived sense “to be of interest, matter”; compare nonchalant); compare Hebrew (post-Biblical) ḥammīn cholent, derivative of ḥam hot
< Yiddish tsholnt, tshulnt, perhaps < Old French < Latin calentem, accusative present participle of calēre to be hot (> French, Old French chaloir, attested only in derived sense “to be of interest, matter”; compare nonchalant); compare Hebrew (post-Biblical) ḥammīn cholent, derivative of ḥam hot
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| Main Entry: | cholent |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a traditional one-pot Jewish dish of meat, beans, potatoes, onions, barley, garlic and seasonings; traditionally made on Friday and slow-cooked for eating on the Sabbath; also called cholend |
| Usage: | cooking |
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