melicha

Meaning

• salting process used to remove blood from meat
• koshering meat by salting

Alternate spellings

melichah

Usage and context

Part of preparing meat for kosher consumption after slaughter, subject to detailed rules of soaking, salting, timing, and rinsing.

Example in Yeshivish

The meat still needs melicha.

Plain-English example

The meat still requires the prescribed salting process to remove blood.