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cho⋅lent
[chaw-luh
nt, chuhl-uhnt; Yiddish chawlnt] 
–noun Jewish Cookery.
| a stewed or baked dish, esp. of meat and beans, served on the Sabbath but cooked the day before or overnight over a slow fire. |
Origin:
< Yiddish tsholnt, tshulnt, perh. < OF < L calentem, acc. prp. of calēre to be hot (> F, OF chaloir, attested only in derived sense “to be of interest, matter”; cf. nonchalant ); cf. Heb (post-Biblical) ḥammīn cholent, deriv. of ḥam hot
< Yiddish tsholnt, tshulnt, perh. < OF < L calentem, acc. prp. of calēre to be hot (> F, OF chaloir, attested only in derived sense “to be of interest, matter”; cf. nonchalant ); cf. Heb (post-Biblical) ḥammīn cholent, deriv. 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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