different between kosher vs mosher

English

Etymology

From Yiddish ????? (kosher), from Hebrew ???????? (kashér).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ko????/
• (rare, Yiddish-influenced) IPA^(key): /?k???(?)/, /?k???(?)/
• Rhymes: -????(?)

Adjective

kosher (comparative more kosher, superlative most kosher)

1. (Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food).

2. (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice.

Antonyms

• treyf

Derived terms

Related terms

• kasher
• kashrut

Translations

Adverb

kosher (not comparable)

1. In a kosher manner; in accordance with kashrut.

Verb

kosher (third-person singular simple present koshers, present participle koshering, simple past and past participle koshered)

1. (transitive) To kasher; to prepare (for example, meat) in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law.

Translations

See also

• halal

Portuguese

Adjective

kosher (plural kosher, comparable)

1. (of food) kosher (prepared in accordance with Jewish religious practices)

Spanish

Adjective

kosher (plural kosheres)

1. kosher

English

Etymology

mosh +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

mosher (plural moshers)

1. One who moshes.
2. (Britain, slang) A member of an alternative subculture; a grebo or goth.
   • 2008, Paul Byrne, Sophie Lancaster goth murder (The Daily Mirror, 13 March 2008)

     The witness, aged 14, wept as she begged for an ambulance, saying: "This mosher's just been banged because he's a mosher."

Anagrams

• Hersom, Hosmer, Roehms, homers