matzo
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈmɑːtsoʊ/
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matzá
- It says you're supposed to soak the matzo for five minutes.
- eat matzo
- matzo meal
- matzo balls
And that's what they call it, the matzo hunt, don't you?
- And that's what they call it, the matzo hunt, don't you?
Examples
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Rebecca and I had the soup with matzo balls and noodles, and the boiled chicken with tsimmes and salad that she had also brought.
Fiction book (1995) -
I'm gonna learn to make matzo-ball soup as good as his dad.
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I could go for some of those matzo balls.
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It's almost like a pizza matzo with cheese on it.
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- I've ever had matzo ball soup.
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We're going to be making matzo lasagna and apricot matzo balls as a side dish.
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Matzo ball soup?
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We had started the night at an old-school Jewish restaurant counter, eating borscht and matzo-ball noodle soup.
Academic text (2016) -
During Passover, many families serve a dish made with matzo as a traditional meal.
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To prepare the dessert, crumble the matzo into a bowl and mix it with butter and sugar.
Synonyms
5
1.7
A thin, flat bread made from flour and water, often without yeast, like pita or naan
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3.7
A flat bread made without yeast, often eaten at Passover
Compounds
1
6.7
A coarse flour from ground dry flat bread used in Jewish cooking like for matzo balls
How Soft
Surface Forms
Etymology
Matzo comes from the Hebrew matzah, which means 'unleavened bread'. Because it was baked quickly without yeast so it would not rise, matzo is the thin, brittle flatbread eaten at Passover.