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matzah

matzah is the alternative spelling of matzo.

Meaning of matzo

Noun

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.
  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.2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020

Forms of matzah

pluralmatzot
pluralmatzahs

Phrases with matzah

Questions about matzah

What is matzah the alternative spelling of?
Matzah is the alternative spelling of matzo.

Words near matzah in the dictionary

  1. maty
  2. Matz
  3. matza
  4. matza ball
  5. matza balls
  6. matzah
  7. matzah ball
  8. matzah balls
  9. matzahs
  10. matzas
  11. Matzen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matzah (page history and authors); matzo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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