Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A brittle, flat piece of unleavened bread, eaten especially during Passover.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable Thin, unleavened bread.
- n. countable A piece of the above bread.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A cake of unleavened bread eaten by the Jews at the feast of the Passover.
WordNet 3.0
- n. brittle flat bread eaten at Passover
Etymologies
- Hebrew מַצָּה ("matza") (Wiktionary)
- Yiddish matse, from Hebrew maṣṣâ; see mṢ́Ṣ́ in Semitic roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Julio Cortez/Associated Press Newark Mayor Cory Booker ate a piece of a large matzo baked during the grand opening of the new headquarters for Manischewitz, the kosher foods company, Tuesday in Newark, N.J. The company said the matzo was the world's largest.”
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“In the Soviet Union, where all religion was practically prohibited and anti-Semitism was sanctioned by the state, dyeing eggs was only slightly less daring than buying matzo, which is why, I suspect, my nonconformist mother rebelliously did both.”
“Instead, during the eight days of Passover, Jewish people eat matzo, which is what their ancestors ate during their hurried escape through the desert from Egypt.”
“On the eve of Passover Chabad members burn their bread and on Passover begin eating matzo, which is dough that wasn't given the chance to rise, symbolizing humility and respectfulness.”
“The meal does not end until every person has had a piece of matzo, which is made of unleavened flour.”
“Perhaps one of the most unique tributes to that time is the practice of only eating unleavened bread, called matzo, for all eight days.”
“Unleavened bread, called matzo, became a primary symbol of the Passover holiday, which marks the birth of Jews as a people.”
“Frances 'does offer fried matzo, which is one of those haymish (homemade) offerings that attests to roots that go deeper than might be suggested by the current business model.”
“Today's once-every-28-years sun-blessing seems to be a coincidental prelude to the eight-day holiday, where Jews eat unleavened bread called matzo because their ancestors didn't exactly have time to wait around for their bread to rise as they fled Egypt.”
“In place of bread, we eat something called matzo and it would be helpful if it were at least sold in some of the unions.”
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