matzo

plural matzos · plural matzot · plural matzoth · alternative matsah · alternative matza · alternative matzah · alternative matzoh

1. uncountableThin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.

   Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.

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   Like the Kopelmans, they have a Christmas tree with dreidel ornaments and a menorah, which they light each night. Pham learned to cook matzo ball soup.

   2012 December 14, Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowicz, “Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2013

2. countableA piece of the above bread.

   [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.

   2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020