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kosher

[koh-sher]

adjective

  1. Judaism.

    1. fit or allowed to be eaten or used, according to the dietary or ceremonial laws.

      kosher meat; kosher dishes; a kosher Torah scroll.

    2. adhering to the laws governing such fitness.

      a kosher restaurant.

  2. Informal.

    1. proper; legitimate.

    2. genuine; authentic.



noun

  1. kosher food.

    Where can I eat kosher in Mexico City?

verb (used with object)

  1. to make kosher.

    to kosher meat by salting.

kosher

/ ˈəʊʃə /

adjective

  1. Judaism conforming to religious law; fit for use: esp, (of food) prepared in accordance with the dietary laws See also kasher kashruth

  2. informal

    1. genuine or authentic

    2. legitimate or proper

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kosher

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  1. Food that is permitted according to a set of dietary restrictions found in the Old Testament. For many Jews (see also Jews), foods that are not kosher cannot be eaten. The term can also be used colloquially to mean anything acceptable: “I don't think it's kosher to yell at your chess opponent when he is thinking about his next move.”

kosher

2
  1. The descriptive term in Judaism for food and other objects that are clean according to its laws. These laws are contained in the Torah and forbid, for example, the eating of pork or shellfish, the mixing of dairy products and meat, and certain methods of slaughtering animals.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonkosher adjective
  • unkosher adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of kosher1

First recorded in 1850–55 kosher for def. 1; 1885–90 kosher for def. 3; 1895–1900 kosher for def. 2; from Yiddish, from Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew ŧ “right, fit”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of kosher1

C19: from Yiddish, from Hebrew ŧ right, proper
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. keep kosher, to adhere to the dietary laws of Judaism.

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Here, her incorrigible Eleanor barks at a grocery store clerk to fetch the kosher pickles and cackles with glee informing her grandson that his mother’s high school nickname was the “class mattress.”

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So she knows what it’s like to be kosher, and I guess it’d be a good excuse for sneaking in food to the movie theater.

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I went very barebones here, with nothing but a spray of Pam, kosher salt, garlic powder, onion powder and a touch of paprika.

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Her day care provides kosher food, serving recipes learned from her mother and collected in a 2013 cookbook.

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At least, Savage noted, it was a kosher dog.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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