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kosher definition

ko·sher (kō′s̸hər; for v., usually käs̸h′ər)

adjective

  1. Judaism
    1. clean or fit to eat according to the dietary laws: Lev. 11
    2. serving or dealing with food prepared according to such laws a kosher kitchen
  2. loosely prepared according to traditional Jewish recipes kosher pickles
  3. ☆ 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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