kosher

«kosher» in Mova's school dictionary: food that is allowed by Jewish law, prepared in the right… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (kosher)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Judaism) Kosher food is food that is allowed by Jewish law, prepared in the right way; for example, meat and milk are not eaten together, and pork is not eaten. tree →

2) A kosher shop, kitchen or restaurant sells or makes kosher food. tree →

3) (informal) Genuine, honest or acceptable: «Is this deal kosher?». tree →

sense in the lessons

In religious education pupils learn the Jewish food laws (kashrut) from the Torah. Many supermarkets have kosher sections. In informal speech, «not kosher» means suspicious or not allowed. Phrases: «kosher food», «keep kosher», «a kosher kitchen», «not quite kosher».

examples

• Many Jewish families keep kosher. tree →
• A kosher kitchen has separate dishes for meat and milk. tree →
• Pork is not kosher. tree →
• The school canteen offers kosher meals. tree →
• We bought kosher bread at the Jewish bakery. tree →
• Something about the email didn't seem kosher, so we deleted it. (informal) tree →
• Fish with fins and scales are kosher. tree →

note

Adjective (also used as a verb in kitchens, «to kosher a pot», rare). Similar idea in Islam: halal; kosher and halal rules are alike in some ways and different in others. The informal sense is common in British and American speech.

In the corpora

• Kosher means allowed by Jewish food law; kosher food laws include no pork and not mixing meat and milk.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kosher» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.