1
a
: sanctioned by Jewish law
especially
: ritually fit for use
kosher meat
b
: selling or serving food ritually fit according to Jewish law
a kosher restaurant
2
: being proper, acceptable, or satisfactory
is the deal kosher?
: the observance of kosher practices
keep kosher
Examples of kosher in a Sentence
Adjective
Something about this deal is just not kosher.
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Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
This would entail following hundreds of mitzvot, or commandments, including extensive kosher dietary laws, prohibitions of work and travel on the Sabbath, and many more obscure rules, such as eschewing garments that contain both linen and wool.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Sam Sussman, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
The kitchens at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, where AIPAC has been held for the past few years, have been koshered to serve upward of 18,000 people.
—Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2020
Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2022
For four pounds of russets, the best formula is 2 cups of whole milk, 12 tablespoons of unsalted butter, then a generous shower of kosher or sea salt to taste.
—Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2022
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Adjective
The natural, kosher flakes have been produced by the same company since 1882.
—Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
This would entail following hundreds of mitzvot, or commandments, including extensive kosher dietary laws, prohibitions of work and travel on the Sabbath, and many more obscure rules, such as eschewing garments that contain both linen and wool.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
My writing was starting to find its place in the world, and did not need Dylan to kosher it.
—Sam Sussman, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
The kitchens at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, where AIPAC has been held for the past few years, have been koshered to serve upward of 18,000 people.
—Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2020
Noun
The New York Police Department's Hate Crimes Task Force announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with an incident in which a Jewish man and his son were shot with a BB gun outside a Staten Island kosher market.
—Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2022
For four pounds of russets, the best formula is 2 cups of whole milk, 12 tablespoons of unsalted butter, then a generous shower of kosher or sea salt to taste.
—Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2022
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“Kosher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kosher. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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