: a sweetened combination of vegetables (such as carrots and potatoes) or of meat and vegetables often with dried fruits (such as prunes) that is stewed or baked in a casserole
Examples of tzimmes in a Sentence
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Depending on the day of the week, chopped liver can be followed by a Saturday cholent or a Shabbat dinner matzo ball soup, chicken, potato kugel, and tzimmes.
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Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 9 Sep. 2022
Sides of sweet potato-carrot tzimmes with prunes, green beans and macaroons for dessert complete this classic meal.
—Holly Baumbach, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2021
The menu includes matzo ball soup, red wine and port braised brisket, tri-colored carrot tzimmes, and quinoa pilaf with red beets and kale.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
The meals come with charoset, matzo, matzo ball soup, roast brisket, and tzimmes made with carrots, sweet potatoes and prunes with honey.
—Josie Sexton, The Know, 6 Apr. 2020
Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 9 Sep. 2022
Sides of sweet potato-carrot tzimmes with prunes, green beans and macaroons for dessert complete this classic meal.
—Holly Baumbach, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2021
The menu includes matzo ball soup, red wine and port braised brisket, tri-colored carrot tzimmes, and quinoa pilaf with red beets and kale.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
The meals come with charoset, matzo, matzo ball soup, roast brisket, and tzimmes made with carrots, sweet potatoes and prunes with honey.
—Josie Sexton, The Know, 6 Apr. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
Yiddish tsimes, from Middle High German z, zuo at, to + imbīz light meal
First Known Use
1892, in the meaning defined above
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“Tzimmes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tzimmes. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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