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
kosher Idioms
keep kosher
to observe the Jewish dietary laws
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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