sukkah

American  

[soo-kah, sook-uh] / suˈkɑ, ˈsʊk ə /

Or succah

noun

Hebrew.

plural

sukkoth, sukkot, sukkos,

plural

sukkahs

1. a booth or hut roofed with branches, built against or near a house or synagogue and used during the Jewish festival of Sukkoth as a temporary dining or living area.

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sukkah British  

/ ˈsukə, ˈsukɔ, suˈkɑ /

noun

1. Also called: tabernacle.  a temporary structure with a roof of branches in which orthodox Jews eat and, if possible, sleep during the festival of Sukkoth

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Etymology

Origin of sukkah

sukkāh literally, booth

Example Sentences

Events unfolded differently beginning Monday morning, when pro-Palestinian Jewish and non-Jewish students erected a tent-like structure in observance of the Jewish holiday of Sukkah in an off-limits central campus court.

From Los Angeles Times

Later, an unidentified group tore apart the Sukkah, police issued a dispersal order, and activists voluntarily left the site in the late evening.

From Los Angeles Times

Hired security guards then removed the sukkah, according to the Bruin.

From Los Angeles Times

The Yucca Valley sukkah of artist Bob Aronson and Lisa Schyck, creator of the self-published book “Glimpses of the Joshua Tree Dream.”

From Los Angeles Times

The holiday of Sukkot, which follows Yom Kippur, is named after the huts, or sukkah, that represent the shelters freed Jews in their 40 years in the wilderness.

From Seattle Times