Matzo
//ˈmɑtsə// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine. uncountable
"Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover."
- 2 brittle flat bread eaten at Passover wordnet
- 3 A piece of the above bread. countable
"[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."
Example
More examples"There's a Passover custom to hide half a matzo, which is called "Afikoman", and the child who finds it is entitled to ask for an expensive present in return for it."
Etymology
When stressed on the first syllable, from Yiddish מצה (matse), from Hebrew מַצָּה (matsá); pronunciations stressed on the second syllable are borrowed directly from Hebrew.
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