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shochet

/ˈʃoʊxɛt/

shochet noun: a person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry.

Noun

shochet (plural shochets or shochetim or shochtim)

  1. A person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry
    • He was by profession a boot and shoe manufacturer, a shochet (a kosher slaughterer), and later a grocer […]2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 9

Forms of shochet

pluralshochets
pluralshochetim
pluralshochtim
alternative formschochat
alternative formschochet
alternative formshochat
alternative formshohet

Origin of shochet

From Hebrew שׁוֹחֵט (shokhét, “slaughterer, butcher”).

Questions about shochet

What does shochet mean?
Shochet means a person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry.
What part of speech is shochet?
Shochet is a noun.
How do you pronounce shochet?
Shochet is pronounced /ˈʃoʊxɛt/.
What is the plural of shochet?
The plural of shochet is shochets.

Words near shochet in the dictionary

  1. Shobhit
  2. Shobnall
  3. Shobrooke
  4. shochat
  5. shochatim
  6. shochet
  7. shochetim
  8. shochets
  9. shochikubai
  10. shochtim
  11. shochu

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