matzoh meal
- noun
- /ˈmɑːtsə mɪl/
:
harina de matzá
- Many Passover recipes call for matzoh meal instead of flour.
Examples
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She coated the fish in matzoh meal before frying it.
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To make the dumplings, you will need eggs and matzoh meal.
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I need some matzoh meal for the recipe.
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She uses matzoh meal to make pancakes.
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Many Passover recipes call for matzoh meal instead of flour.
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She coated the fish in matzoh meal before frying it.
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To make the dumplings, you will need eggs and matzoh meal.
Synonyms
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A coarse flour from ground dry flat bread used in Jewish cooking like for matzo balls
A coarse flour made by grinding matzah, the flat Jewish bread eaten at Passover
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Morphology
matzoh + meal
The compound is directly compositional: 'matzoh' (a type of unleavened bread) combined with 'meal' (ground cereal) yields 'meal made by grinding matzohs'. Although 'matzoh' is culturally specific, the meaning follows straightforward noun+meal compounding and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The noun matzoh meal comes from grinding dry matzoh, a flat bread made without yeast, into small crumbs called a meal. Because Jewish people avoid regular flour during the holiday Passover, they used this ground matzoh in cooking, so matzoh meal today means 'meal made from matzoh' and is 'used like flour' in recipes.