'Kosher' definitions:
Definition of 'kosher'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Conforming to dietary laws; "kosher meat"; "a kosher kitchen" [syn: kosher, cosher]
adjective
Proper or legitimate
noun
Food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law
Definition of 'Kosher'
From: GCIDE
- Kosher \Ko"sher\, n. Kosher food; also, a kosher shop. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. the practise of adherence to the Jewish ritual law; used mostly in the phrase
- keep kosher, v. i.. [PJC]
- keep kosher To adhere to the rules for eating only kosher food and handling it properly. [PJC]
Definition of 'Kosher'
From: GCIDE
- Kosher \Ko"sher\, a. [heb. kosh["e]r fit, proper.]
- 1. 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. For food to be officially kosher, it must be certified fit to eat by a Rabbi, according to Jewish ritual law; as, kosher food. Hence, designating a shop, store, house, etc., where such food is sold or used; as, a kosher restaurant.
- Syn: cosher, ritually fit, sanctioned. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. Hence: Proper; seemly; appropriate; legitimate; as, it's not kosher to do it that way. [colloq.] [PJC]
- 3. Genuine. [colloq.] [PJC]
Definition of 'Kosher'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'kosher'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordant,
- according to Hoyle,
- actionable,
- anal,
- applicable,
- appropriate,
- authorized,
- bleached,
- bourgeois,
- bright,
- clean,
- cleanly,
- comestible,
- competent,
- compulsive,
- concordant,
- condign,
- conformist,
- constitutional,
- conventional,
- correct,
- corresponding,
- dainty,
- decent,
- decorous,
- delicious,
- dirt-free,
- due,
- eatable,
- edible,
- esculent,
- fair,
- fastidious,
- fit,
- fitting,
- formalistic,
- fresh,
- good,
- gustable,
- harmonious,
- immaculate,
- in accord,
- in keeping,
- in line,
- in step,
- judicial,
- juridical,
- just,
- justiciable,
- lawful,
- lawmaking,
- legal,
- legislative,
- legit,
- legitimate,
- licit,
- nice,
- nonpolluted,
- normal,
- normative,
- of cleanly habits,
- orthodox,
- palatable,
- pedantic,
- plastic,
- precisianistic,
- proper,
- pure,
- right,
- right and proper,
- righteous,
- rightful,
- ritually pure,
- sanctioned,
- savory,
- seemly,
- shiny,
- smut-free,
- smutless,
- spotless,
- square,
- stainless,
- statutory,
- straight,
- stuffy,
- succulent,
- suitable,
- sweet,
- tahar,
- traditionalist,
- tubbed,
- unadulterated,
- unbesmirched,
- unblemished,
- unblotted,
- undefiled,
- unmuddied,
- unpolluted,
- unsmirched,
- unsmudged,
- unsoiled,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- untainted,
- untarnished,
- uptight,
- valid,
- well-scrubbed,
- well-washed,
- white,
- whitened,
- within the law