Kosher (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conforming to dietary laws
Example:
a kosher kitchen
Synonyms:
cosher; kosher
Classified under:
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
Classified under:
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)