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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)   
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  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

("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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