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kosher
[koh-sher]
adjective
Judaism.
fit or allowed to be eaten or used, according to the dietary or ceremonial laws.
kosher meat; kosher dishes; a kosher Torah scroll.
adhering to the laws governing such fitness.
a kosher restaurant.
Informal.
proper; legitimate.
genuine; authentic.
noun
kosher food.
Where can I eat kosher in Mexico City?
verb (used with object)
to make kosher.
to kosher meat by salting.
kosher
1Food 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.”
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonkosher adjective
- unkosher adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of kosher1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of kosher1
Idioms and Phrases
keep kosher, to adhere to the dietary laws of Judaism.
Example Sentences
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.”
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.
I went very barebones here, with nothing but a spray of Pam, kosher salt, garlic powder, onion powder and a touch of paprika.
Her day care provides kosher food, serving recipes learned from her mother and collected in a 2013 cookbook.
At least, Savage noted, it was a kosher dog.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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