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kosher Definition

ko·sher (s̸hər; for v., usually käs̸hər)

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

kosher* Synonyms

kosher*

modif.

proper, legitimate, genuine, on the up and up*; see conventional 2, fit 1, official 3, reliable 1.

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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