matzo

• matsah, matza, matzah, matzoh

Back-formation from matzos, which is borrowed from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew מצות (matsót), the plural of מַצָּה (matsá).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmætsə/, /ˈmætsəʊ/, /ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːtsə/, /ˈmɑːtsoʊ/, /ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ætsə, -ɑː

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

1. (uncountable) Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.

   Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.

   • 2012 December 14, Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowicz, “Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes”, in CNN‎^[1], 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.

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^[2], 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.

• egg matzo
• matzo ball
• shmurah matzo

• motza