"kasher" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɑʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkæʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkæʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: kashers [present, singular, third-person], kashering [participle, present], kashered [participle, past], kashered [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːʃə(ɹ), -æʃə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish כּשרן (kashern), from כּשר (kosher, “kosher”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|כּשרן|tr=kashern}} Yiddish כּשרן (kashern), {{m|yi|כּשר||kosher|tr=kosher}} כּשר (kosher, “kosher”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} kasher (third-person singular simple present kashers, present participle kashering, simple past and past participle kashered)
  1. (Judaism, transitive) To render kosher.
    (of meat) to remove excess blood from by washing and salting
    Tags: Judaism, transitive Categories (topical): Judaism
    Sense id: en-kasher-en-verb-tFC3AFMe
  2. (Judaism, transitive) To render kosher.
    (of kitchenware) to remove traces of non-kosher substances from by cleaning, heating, etc.
    Tags: Judaism, transitive Categories (topical): Judaism
    Sense id: en-kasher-en-verb-JtwE-GtS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kosher [verb] Translations (render kosher): koscher machen (German), kaschern (German), הִכְשִׁיר (hikhshir) (Hebrew), kashra (Swedish), כּשרן (kashern) (Yiddish), כּשר מאַכן (english: kosher makhn) (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'render kosher': 50 50

Inflected forms

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