tref

tref [treyf] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.

Also treyf, trayf, terefah. Origin of tref Yiddish treyf Hebrew ṭərēphāh torn flesh, literally, something torn Examples from the Web for tref Historical Examples of tref

Tref, having been put upon the scent, followed the trail through several streets until he came to a night-shelter.

Science and the Criminal

C. Ainsworth Mitchell

Llanfair tref Helygon,—The parish church was in ruins many years ago; the oldest inhabitant does not remember it standing.

British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII

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British Dictionary definitions for tref tref treif treifa (ˈtreɪfə) adjective

1. Judaism ritually unfit to be eaten; not kosher

Word Origin for tref Yiddish, from Hebrew terēphāh, literally: torn (i.e., animal meat torn by beasts), from tāraf to tear Word Origin and History for tref n.

Welsh, literally “hamlet, home, town.”