cholent

American  

[chaw-luhnt, chuhl-uhnt, chawlnt] / ˈtʃɔ lənt, ˈtʃʌl ənt, tʃɔlnt /

noun

Jewish Cooking.

1. 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.

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cholent British  

/ ˈtʃolənt /

noun

1. Judaism a meal usually consisting of a stew of meat, potatoes, and pulses prepared before the Sabbath on Friday and left to cook until eaten for Sabbath lunch

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Etymology

Origin of cholent

< 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”; nonchalant ); compare Hebrew (post-Biblical) ḥammīn cholent, derivative of ḥam hot

Example Sentences

However, the article downplays the role of Washington Ethnic Studies Now, as I have reported in The Cholent, Seattle’s only Jewish news outlet.

From Seattle Times

He said he could not confirm that Benaroya gave the returned $5 million to his organization, as reported in The Cholent.

From Seattle Times

Yet, some community members felt deceived, according to Emily Alhadeff, who wrote the Cholent piece and runs the newsletter.

From Seattle Times

Naar, “among the Sephardic community in Seattle, was treated as a god,” said Sonny Gorasht, echoing remarks he made to The Cholent, a Jewish newsletter in Seattle that first wrote about the controversy.

From Seattle Times

It was a Thursday night, the start of the Israeli weekend, and Haredi families were lining up for cholent, a popular Jewish stew.

From New York Times