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Definition of eruv noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

eruv

noun
 
/ˈerʊv/
 
/ˈerʊv/
(plural eruvim
 
/ˈerʊvɪm/
 
/ˈerʊvɪm/
)
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  1. an area in a city inside which Jewish people may do certain things on the Sabbath that they are not normally allowed to do on the Sabbath (because inside the eruv the private space of the home is extended into public areas)
    Word Originfrom Hebrew ‘ērūb̲, from a base meaning ‘mixture’.
See eruv in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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