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Etymology
Transliteration of מַצָּה (matsá) based on Ashkenazi pronunciation /ˈmɑtsʊ/
Pronunciation
Noun
matzo (countable and uncountable, plural matzos or matzot or matzoth)
- (uncountable) Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.
- 2012 December 14, Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowicz, “Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 December 2013:
- 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.
- (countable) A piece of the above bread.
- 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 November 2020:
- [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.
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thin, unleavened bread
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