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KOSHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kosher mean?
• KOSHER (noun)
The noun KOSHER has 1 sense:
1. food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law
Familiarity information: KOSHER used as a noun is very rare.
• KOSHER (adjective)
The adjective KOSHER has 2 senses:
1. conforming to dietary laws
2. proper or legitimate
Familiarity information: KOSHER used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("kosher" is a kind of...):
aliment; alimentation; nourishment; nutriment; nutrition; sustenance; victuals (a source of materials to nourish the body)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conforming to dietary laws
Synonyms:
cosher; kosher
Context example:
a kosher kitchen
Similar:
clean (ritually clean or pure)
Domain category:
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Proper or legitimate
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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