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tref  (trf)
adj. Judaism
Unclean and unfit for consumption according to dietary law; not kosher.

[Yiddish treyf, from Hebrew r, carrion, from rap, to tear; see rp in Semitic roots.]

tref, treif [treɪf], treifa [ˈtreɪfə]
adj
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Judaism ritually unfit to be eaten; not kosher
[Yiddish, from Hebrew terēphāh, literally: torn (i.e., animal meat torn by beasts), from tāraf to tear]
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Adj.1.tref - not conforming to dietary laws
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
unclean, impure - having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3


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The sealing layer comprises an ethylene copolymer composition on which there are two distinct maxima in the TREF fractogram of the ethylene copolymer composition.
 
 
 
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