kosher
kosher Lexical Profile
kosher Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Prepared, slaughtered, or sold in strict accordance with Jewish dietary law (kashrut), making it ritually fit for consumption.
"The catering company provides strictly kosher meals for guests who observe traditional Jewish dietary laws."
Genuine, legitimate, ethical, or above suspicion (used informally).
"The auditor reviewed the financial records to make sure the transaction was completely kosher."
• noun
Food that has been prepared in accordance with Jewish dietary law, or a shop or restaurant that serves such food.
"Everyone in the household keeps strictly to kosher during the religious holidays."
• verb
To prepare or treat (food, especially meat, or kitchen utensils) so as to make it ritually fit according to Jewish dietary laws.
"The butcher salted and soaked the beef to kosher it before putting it out for sale."
• Rhymes for kosher
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-19th century via Yiddish from Hebrew 'kasher', meaning 'fit, proper, or lawful', derived from the consonantal root k-sh-r ('to be suitable or succeed').