כֶּרֶךְ m. (preced. wds.) 1) twining. Men. 39ᵃ חוט של כ׳ the thread which is used for twining (v. תְּכֵלֶת). —2) roll, volume (of a book). B. Mets. 29ᵇ ולא יהיו ג׳ קורין בכ׳ אחד Ms. M. (differ. in ed.) three persons must not read together in one volume (of a book held in trust by the finder). —3) bundle; trnsf. a combined action; בכ׳ אחד simultaneously; without intermission. Ib. 37ᵃ כמי שהפקידו לו בכ׳ א׳ as if they had entrusted their money to him by one act (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50), opp. to שני כְּרֵיכוֹת. —Y. Shek. III, 47ᵇ bot. בכ׳ א׳ (drinking four cups) in immediate succession (Pes. 108ᵇ בבת אחת), opp. בפיסקין (v. כָּרַךְ)—Tosef. Maas. Sh. IV, 11 [read:] נתנן כולן בכ׳ וכ׳ if he put all of them into one fund, he takes the money realized from their sale out of the common fund. Tosef. Meg. IV (III), 17, sq. ג׳ פסוקים בכ׳ אחד three verses without intermission (for the expositor, v. מְתוּרְגְּמָן).—Pl. (fr. כָּרֵךְ) כְּרֵיכוֹת, v. supra; B. Mets. 37ᵇ שתי כ׳.