matzo
or mat·zah, mat·zoh
[maht-suh; Sephardic Hebrew mah-tsah; Ashkenazic Hebrew mah-tsaw]
- unleavened bread in the form of large crackers, typically square and corrugated, eaten by Jews during Passover.
- one of these crackers.
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Origin of matzo
1840–50; < Yiddish matse < Hebrew maṣṣāh
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Examples from the Web for matzo
Contemporary Examples
I have never been to the Matzo Ball, but I gather the vibes are different.
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December 26, 2014
At the end of the brief talk, the robots served Obama and Netanyahu a piece of matzo in honor of the Passover holidays.
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March 21, 2013
Once all the potatoes and onion have been ground up and mixed together in a bowl, add the eggs, matzo meal, and salt.
Before the search for the matzo begins, Cookstr presents a few modern twists on traditional Passover dishes.
Matzo ball soup is definitely American, but also Eastern European and Germanic and French.
Historical Examples
But the old woman who remembered the matzo did, more than anybody else.
From Plotzk to BostonMary Antin
Feitel broke the "matzo" in halves, and gave one half to his friend.
Jewish ChildrenSholem Naumovich Rabinovich
Tonight, you must eat with us fish and soup and 'Matzo'-balls.
Jewish ChildrenSholem Naumovich Rabinovich
We had had neither bread nor matzo for dinner, and were more hungry than ever, if that is possible.
From Plotzk to BostonMary Antin
Feitel drew out from under his blouse a whole fresh, white "matzo," covered with holes on both sides.
Jewish ChildrenSholem Naumovich Rabinovich
matzo
matzoh matza or matzah (ˈmætsə)
- a brittle very thin biscuit of unleavened bread, traditionally eaten during Passover
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Word Origin
from Hebrew matsāh
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matzo
[(maht-suh)]
A flat piece of unleavened bread, resembling a large cracker, used by Jews (see also Jews) in place of yeast bread during Passover (see also Passover). According to the biblical account of Passover, God directed the ancestors of the Jews to eat unleavened bread, rather than delay their departure from Egypt (see also Egypt) by waiting for bread to rise.
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