kasher
verbUS /ˈkɑʃɚ/ · UK /ˈkæʃə/
Etymology Borrowed from Yiddish כּשרן (kashern), from כּשר (kosher, “kosher”).
› To render kosher.
1
Judaism, Of meat to remove excess blood from by washing and salting
- “Kosher salt” is called thus, not because it is any more kosher than other types of salt, but because it is used in the kashering process of meat.
2
Judaism, Of kitchenware to remove traces of non-kosher substances from by cleaning, heating, etc.
- David moved into his new apartment, put up mezuzahs, and kashered his new kitchen.
- Synonyms
- kosher