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Kosher

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Noun

1. kosher

food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law

Adjective

2. cosher, kosher

conforming to dietary laws

Example Sentences:
'kosher meat'
'a kosher kitchen'

3. kosher

proper or legitimate

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Kosher

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adjective
1. Judaism
conforming to religious law; fit for use: esp, (of food) prepared in accordance with the dietary laws
See also kasher, kashruth
2. informal
a. 
genuine or authentic
b. 
legitimate or proper

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Kosher

see synonyms of kosher
adjective
1.  Judaism
a. 
clean or fit to eat according to the dietary laws: Lev. 11
b. 
serving or dealing with food prepared according to such laws
a kosher kitchen
2.  Loosely
prepared according to traditional Jewish recipes
kosher pickles
3.  US, Slang
all right, proper, correct, etc.
noun
4. 
kosher food
verb transitive
5. 
to make kosher

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Kosher

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adj.
1. Judaism
a. Conforming to dietary laws; ritually pure: kosher meat.
b. Observing dietary laws: a kosher household.
c. Selling or serving food prepared in accordance with dietary laws: a kosher restaurant.
2. Informal Legitimate; permissible: Is it kosher to wear jeans in the office?
tr.v. ko·shered, ko·sher·ing, ko·shers
To make proper or ritually pure.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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