kosher
kosher
Definition
ko·sher (kō′s̸hər; for v., usually käs̸h′ər)
adjective
- Judaism
- clean or fit to eat according to the dietary laws: Lev. 11
- serving or dealing with food prepared according to such laws a kosher kitchen
- loosely prepared according to traditional Jewish recipes kosher pickles
- ☆ Slang all right, proper, correct, etc.
Etymology: Yiddish < Heb kāshēr, fit, proper < root kšr, to be appropriate
noun
kosher food
transitive verb
to make kosher
keep kosher
to observe the Jewish dietary laws
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Synonyms
kosher*
modif.
kosher
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- keep: Heather likes that way of life and secretly keeps kosher and the Sabbath â but how can she confront her family and friends?
Adjective modifier
- e.g.: Very few exemptions from paying KFC - only extremely strict dietary requirements ( e.g. kosher, not vegan ).
- glatt: The entrance of fully glatt kosher only the guarantee.
Modifies a noun
- homies: And many of the homies and palones of the land became kosher homies; for the fear of the kosher homies fell upon them.
- homie: Chapter 3 1 What advantage then hath the kosher homie?
- butcher: And you can on occasion come across a dirty kosher butcher.
- salt: A bottle white wine or Champagne will chill faster if you place it into a bucket of ice and kosher salt.
- meat: Let us realize that today, in the vast majority of cases, " kosher meat " is an oxymoron.
- meal: Clients who require kosher meals are advised to book in advance, which can easily be done via the BA website.
Used with adjective complement
- look: Tell you what: put in just 1 % of the money we're going to put in... so it looks kosher.
Noun used with modifier
- nishta: Gloria forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is troll unto the nishta kosher homies, for to provoke them to jealousy.
Modifying Another Word
- not: Demand for the seabird dishes declined even more - seabirds were not kosher to eat.
- strictly: Some will require that strictly kosher meals are ordered.
- entirely: They are served from tall fonts which are presumably powered by electricity rather than gas as the beers taste entirely kosher.
- only: It is believed that AgriProcessors is the only kosher abattoir in the US that still uses these pens.
- n't: If it doesn't burn gasoline, it ai n't kosher.
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