hametz

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(Seph. khä mets; Ashk. khômits)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ha•metz  (Seph. khä mets; Ashk. khômits),USA pronunciation n. [Hebrew.]
  1. Judaisma food forbidden for use by Jews during the festival of Passover, esp. a baked food, as bread or cake, made with leaven or a leavening agent.
  2. Judaisma dish, kitchen utensil, or the like used in preparing or serving such food and similarly forbidden for use during Passover.
Also, chametz. 
  • ḥāmēṣ literally, that which is leavened

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