shochet

American  

[shaw-khet, shoh-kheyt, shoi-khit, shoh-khit] / ʃɔˈxɛt, ˈʃoʊ xeɪt, ˈʃɔɪ xɪt, ˈʃoʊ xɪt /

noun

Hebrew.

PLURAL

shochetim

PLURAL

shochets

1. shohet.

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shochet British  

/ ˈʃɒxɛt, ˈʃɒkɛt /

noun

1. (in Judaism) a person who has been specially trained and licensed to slaughter animals and birds in accordance with the laws of shechita

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Etymology

Origin of shochet

C19: from Hebrew, literally: slaughtering

Example Sentences

Adriane Shochet, 64, of Lake Worth, Fla., bought a $14 broomstick, which she attached to an American flag and waved as she stood on the causeway that overlooks part of Mar-a-Lago.

From Washington Post

The ordinarily vegetarian Nussbaum had eaten a farm-raised chicken the night before I met them, after watching the bird ritually killed in the kosher manner by a shochet.

From New York Times

A shochet, someone trained and certified to slaughter animals according to Jewish tradition, whets a knife on increasingly fine stones before drawing the blade across a fingernail to feel for any imperfections in the steel that might inhibit a smooth, clean cut and cause unnecessary pain.

From Seattle Times

In addition to the intensive process of sharpening and inspecting the knives, the shochet is trained to make the cut in a single smooth motion, severing the animal’s nerves and draining the blood from the brain in seconds.

From Seattle Times

The report reflects the will of the broader fusion community, say the co-chairs of the 19-member report committee, Michael Mauel, a fusion physicist at Columbia University, and Melvyn Shochet, a particle physicist at the University of Chicago in Illinois.

From Science Magazine