variants
or matzoh
1
: unleavened bread eaten especially at the Passover
2
: a wafer of matzo
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Unleavened matzo takes center stage at the Seder table, to accompany many, many other delicious things, including classics like crispy potato kugel, brisket, matzo brei and Joan Nathan’s five-star matzo ball soup (above).
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Sam Sifton, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
This recipe comes to us from Barbara Wand, a home cook in Newton, Massachusetts, who makes matzo brei every year for Passover.
—Barbara Wand, Saveur, 2 Apr. 2025
To make it, bake matzo crackers beneath a buttery topping of brown-sugar toffee and then cover it in bittersweet chocolate.
—Melissa Kirsch, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The company will also sell limited edition boxes of matzo with Retzlaff’s likeness on them.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Sam Sifton, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
This recipe comes to us from Barbara Wand, a home cook in Newton, Massachusetts, who makes matzo brei every year for Passover.
—Barbara Wand, Saveur, 2 Apr. 2025
To make it, bake matzo crackers beneath a buttery topping of brown-sugar toffee and then cover it in bittersweet chocolate.
—Melissa Kirsch, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The company will also sell limited edition boxes of matzo with Retzlaff’s likeness on them.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for matzo
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“Matzo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matzo. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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