unkosher

Examples

• All

• Salinger's father, Solomon, was the son of a rabbi, an importer of cheese and meats - very unkosher.

  Salinger (2013)

• OH, WELL, I THANK YOU, GENTILE FRIEND, FOR YOUR GENEROUS OFFER OF THAT DELICIOUSLY UNKOSHER SNACK.

  The Hebrew Hammer (2003)

• All of my aunts and uncles have gathered here to watch my father roll and place each slice of meat on a platter, a flesig platter that has never held unkosher meat, and that's what I say, hardly realizing I'm speaking out loud.

  Fiction book (2002)

• I can't eat that sandwich because it contains unkosher meat.

• The restaurant was criticized for serving unkosher dishes during the holiday.

• Eating unkosher food goes against the dietary laws observed by many Jewish families.

Synonyms

N

nonkosher

vsunkosher

1 8.1

Food or dishes not allowed by Jewish food rules

has identical meaning but uses a different word form or spelling

T

terefah

vsunkosher

• Specialized

1 9.9

Food that does not follow Jewish religious rules about what you can eat

has identical meaning but uses a longer traditional or formal word form

T

tref

vsunkosher

• Jargon

9.9

Food not allowed by Jewish religious rules

has identical meaning but is a shortened or variant spelling form

Antonyms

K

kosher

5 5.1

Food made or kept according to Jewish rules about which foods people may eat

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