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kasher

/ˈkɑʃɚ/ US
/ˈkæʃɚ/ US
/ˈkæʃə/ UK

Sounds like casher · Rhymes with -ɑːʃə(ɹ), -æʃə(ɹ)

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Borrowed from Yiddish כּשרן (kashern), from כּשר (kosher, “kosher”).

verb kashers · kashering · kashered

Judaism, transitive, 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.
Judaism, transitive, 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.

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verb render kosher

Deutsch	koscher machen, kaschern
עברית	הִכְשִׁיר hikhshir

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@misc{kasher_2026,
  title = {kasher},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kasher},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}