Definition of Kosher

1. Noun. Food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law.


2. Adjective. Conforming to dietary laws. "A kosher kitchen"
Exact synonyms: Cosher
Category relationships: Judaism
Similar to: Clean

3. Adjective. Proper or legitimate.
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Proper

Definition of Kosher

1. a. 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.

2. n. Kosher food; also, a kosher shop.

3. v. t. To prepare in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law, as meat.

Definition of Kosher

1. Adjective. (context: of food) Prepared in accordance with Jewish religious practices. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: figuratively by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) to make kosher. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kosher

1. to make fit to be eaten according to Jewish dietary laws [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kosher

korrigum
korrigums
kors
korshunovskite
koru
korun
koruna
korunas
koruny
korus
korzhinskite
kos
koses
kosha
koshas
kosher (current term)
kosher salt
kosher salts
kosher tax
kosher taxes
koshered
koshering
kosherize
kosherized
kosherizes
kosherizing
koshers
koshikudake
koshinage
kosmochlor

Literary usage of Kosher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Illustrated History of the Union Stockyards: A Sketch-book of Familiar Faces by W. Joseph Grand (1896)
"kosher KILLING. IT is well known that the Jews will not eat meat which has been killed by the ordinary method of slaughtering, but that Jewish butchers ..."

2. Public Papers of Governor by New York (State). Governor (1921)
"Proper grading regulations and enforcement of the above law would eliminate a great percentage of this loss. Sale of " Non-kosher " Meat as " kosher. ..."

3. The Woman who Waits by Frances R. Donovan (1920)
"CHAPTER XIII THE kosher SALAMI "kosher Salami and potato salad," said the first patron whose order I took on the morning that I went to work in the Jewish ..."

4. The Jewish Travel Guide by Betsy Sheldon (2001)
"Several synagogues offer kosher meals, catered or carry-out, ... Glatt kosher, carry-out only. Pick up a Shabbat dinner with all the trimmings. ..."

5. Children of the Tenements by Jacob August Riis (1904)
"THE CAT TOOK THE kosher MEAT THE tenement No. 76 Madison Street had been for some time scandalized by the ..."

6. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1910)
"Miss Amelia Cohen also reports the following as to the kosher kitchen: The main point to observe in conducting a kosher kitchen is to keep separate all ..."

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