English

matza

Alternative forms

• matza
• matzah
• matzoh

Noun

matzo ‎(countable and uncountable, plural matzos or matzot or matzoth)

1. (uncountable) Thin, unleavened bread.

   Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.

2. (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:

     [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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Derived terms

• egg matzo
• matzo ball

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• motza