hashgacha
/həʃˈɡʌxə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Rabbinic supervision of the process of the making of foodstuffs to certify it as kosher.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Having been on the lookout for some specialty flours of late, I was told by a friend that all of King Arthur's commercial-grade flours are under hashgachah. However, only a few -- the ones commonly sold in stores -- seem to have any indications of a hechsher on their packaging, or in the catalogue."
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Inflected Forms
hashgoche (alternative)
hashgocho (alternative)