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ko·sher

   [koh-sher]
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.
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Informal. kosher food: Let's eat kosher tonight.

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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 < Hebrew kāshēr right, fit

Related forms
non·ko·sher, adjective, noun
un·ko·sher, adjective
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  • Many mainstream manufacturers are reformulating their products to meet kosher requirements.
  • Available through the university's dining service, which can even provide glatt kosher menus.
  • Kosher laws proscribe pork and shellfish and prohibit mixing meat and dairy products.
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kosher (ˈkəʊʃə)
 
—adj
1.  Judaism kasher See also kashruth conforming to religious law; fit for use: esp, (of food) prepared in accordance with the dietary laws
2.  informal
 a.  genuine or authentic
 b.  legitimate or proper
 
[C19: from Yiddish, from Hebrew kāshēr right, proper]

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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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Cultural Dictionary

kosher definition


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 definition


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 definition

[ˈkoʃɚ] or [ˈkoʒɚ]
  1. mod.
    and koshe. acceptable; cricket. (From Hebrew kasher,“proper,” via Yiddish. Koshe is a slang clipping.) : Is it kosher to do this?
  2. tv.
    to make something acceptable. : Do you want me to kosher it with the boss for you?
  3. mod.
    having to do with undiluted alcohol. : I'll take mine kosher with a little ice.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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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