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matzo balls

matzo balls is the plural of matzo ball.

Meaning of matzo ball

Noun

matzo ball (plural matzo balls)

  1. A ball of unleavened dough, often served in soup in Jewish culture.
    • Food was prepared with a far defter hand; I had matzo ball soup and boiled beef with horseradish, which sounds terrible but was excellent; Eliza ordered cholent, a thick bean stew, topped with a slice of meat loaf — our Jewish-mom-like server basically forced her.2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times

Questions about matzo balls

What is matzo balls the plural of?
Matzo balls is the plural of matzo ball.

Words near matzo balls in the dictionary

  1. Matzikama
  2. Matzke
  3. Matzkes
  4. matzo
  5. matzo ball
  6. matzo balls
  7. matzoball
  8. matzoballs
  9. matzoh
  10. matzoh ball
  11. matzoh balls

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