matzo

noun

mat·​zo ˈmät-sə How to pronounce matzo (audio)
 also  -(ˌ)sō
variants or matzoh
plural matzoth ˈmät-ˌsōt How to pronounce matzo (audio)
-ˌsōth,
-sōs
or matzos or matzohs ˈmät-səz How to pronounce matzo (audio)
-səs,
 also  -ˌsōz
1
: unleavened bread eaten especially at the Passover
2
: a wafer of matzo

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Unleavened matzo takes center stage at the Seder table, to accompany many, many other delicious things, including classics like crispy potato kugel, brisket, matzo brei and Joan Nathan’s five-star matzo ball soup (above). Sam Sifton, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 This recipe comes to us from Barbara Wand, a home cook in Newton, Massachusetts, who makes matzo brei every year for Passover. Barbara Wand, Saveur, 2 Apr. 2025 To make it, bake matzo crackers beneath a buttery topping of brown-sugar toffee and then cover it in bittersweet chocolate. Melissa Kirsch, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 The company will also sell limited edition boxes of matzo with Retzlaff’s likeness on them. Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for matzo

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish matse, from Hebrew maṣṣāh

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of matzo was in 1650

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“Matzo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matzo. Accessed 19 May. 2025.

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matzo

noun
mat·​zo
variants or matzoh
ˈmät-sə How to pronounce matzo (audio)
-ˌsō
plural matzoth -ˌsōth How to pronounce matzo (audio)
-ˌsōt,
-sōs
or matzos or matzohs -səz How to pronounce matzo (audio)
-səs,
-ˌsōz
: unleavened bread eaten at the Passover

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