Definition of "cholent"

As Mr. Schonfeld climbed the stairs, he was carrying a steaming 18-quart pot containing the traditional Sabbath stew known as chulent.

2007 March 18, Jennifer Bleyer, “‘City of Refuge’”, in New York Times‎

Food was prepared with a far defter hand; I had matzo ball soup and boiled beef with horseradish, which sounds terrible but was excellent; Eliza ordered cholent, a thick bean stew, topped with a slice of meat loaf — our Jewish-mom-like server basically forced her.

2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times‎