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glatt

/ɡlæt/

glatt adjective: having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher.

Adjective

glatt (not comparable)

  1. (Judaism) Having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher.
  2. (Judaism, broadly) Having no ingredients from animals that are not glatt.

Proper noun capitalized: Glatt

Glatt (plural Glatts)

  1. A surname.

Forms of glatt

pluralGlatts

Origin of glatt

Borrowed from Yiddish גלאַט (glat, “smooth”). Doublet of glad.

South German and Jewish surname, from the adjective glatt (“sleek, smooth”).

Words that rhyme with glatt

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Questions about glatt

What does glatt mean?
Glatt means having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher.
What part of speech is glatt?
Glatt can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce glatt?
Glatt is pronounced /ɡlæt/.

Words near glatt in the dictionary

  1. Glathsheim
  2. glatiramer
  3. glatirameracetate
  4. glatiramoid
  5. glatiramoids
  6. glatt
  7. Glatts
  8. Glatz
  9. Glatzeder
  10. Glauber
  11. Glauber's salt

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