matzo

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
17
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈmætsə/(UK)
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/ˈmætsə/(UK) · /ˈmætsəʊ/(UK) · /ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/(UK) · /ˈmɑtsə/(US) · /ˈmɑtsoʊ/(US) · /ˌmɑˈtsɑ/(US)

Definition of matzo

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.
    “Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.”
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.
    “Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.”
    “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.”
  2. (countable)A piece of the above bread.
    “[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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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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