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ko⋅sher

  [koh-sher]
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–adjective
1. Judaism.
a. fit or allowed to be eaten or used, according to the dietary or ceremonial laws: kosher meat; kosher dishes; a kosher tallith.
b. adhering to the laws governing such fitness: a kosher restaurant.
2. Informal.
a. proper; legitimate.
b. genuine; authentic.
–noun
3. Informal. kosher food: Let's eat kosher tonight.
–verb (used with object)
4. Judaism. to make kosher: to kosher meat by salting.
—Idiom
5. keep kosher, to adhere to the dietary laws of Judaism.
Also, kasher.

Origin:
1850–55; 1920–25 for def. 2; < Yiddish < Heb kāshēr right, fit
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ko·sher   (kō'shər)   
adj.  
  1. Judaism
    1. Conforming to dietary laws; ritually pure: kosher meat.
    2. Selling or serving food prepared in accordance with dietary laws: a kosher restaurant.
    3. Legitimate; permissible: "consolidating noneditorial functions of the papers, which is kosher" (Christian Science Monitor).
    4. Genuine; authentic.
  2. Slang
    1. Legitimate; permissible: "consolidating noneditorial functions of the papers, which is kosher" (Christian Science Monitor).
    2. Genuine; authentic.
tr.v.   ko·shered also ka·shered, ko·sher·ing also ka·sher·ing, ko·shers also ka·shers
To make proper or ritually pure.

[Yiddish kosher, from Ashkenazi Hebrew kóšer, from Hebrew kāšēr, fitting, proper, from kāšēr, to be fitting, to succeed; see kṯr in Semitic roots.]
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Kosher

Ko"sher\, a. [heb. kosh["e]r fit, proper.] Ceremonially clean, according to Jewish law; -- applied to food, esp. to meat of animals slaughtered according to the requirements of Jewish law. Opposed to tref. Hence, designating a shop, store, house, etc., where such food is sold or used.

Kosher

Ko"sher\, n. Kosher food; also, a kosher shop.

Kosher

Ko"sher\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Koshered; p. pr. & vb. n. Koshering.] To prepare in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law, as meat.
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kosher

Food that is permitted according to a set of dietary restrictions found in the Old Testament. For many 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.”


kosher

The descriptive term in Judaism for food and other objects that are clean according to its laws. These laws are contained in the Torah and forbid, for example, the eating of pork or shellfish, the mixing of dairy products and meat, and certain methods of slaughtering animals.

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kosher 
"ritually fit or pure" (especially of food), 1851, from Yiddish kosher, from Heb. kasher "fit, proper, lawful," from base of kasher "was suitable, proper." General sense of "correct, legitimate" is from 1896.
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kosher

("fit," or "proper"), in Judaism, the fitness of an object for ritual purposes. Though generally applied to foods that meet the requirements of the dietary laws (kashruth), kosher is also used to describe, for instance, such objects as a Torah scroll, water for ritual bathing (mikvah), and the ritual ram's horn (shofar). When applied to food, kosher is the opposite of terefah ("forbidden"); when applied to other things, it is the opposite of pasul ("unfit").

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