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matzoh

/maht-suh; Sephardic Hebrew mah-tsah; Ashkenazic Hebrew mah-tsaw/US // ˈmɑt sə; Sephardic Hebrew mɑˈtsɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɑ tsɔ //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mat·zohs, mat·zoth, mat·zot [maht-suhz; Sephardic Hebrew mah-tsawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew mah-tsohs]. /ˈmɑt səz; Sephardic Hebrew mɑˈtsɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɑ tsoʊs/.

    • : a variant of matzo.

Examples

  • I make a matzoh ball,” she used to say, “that will sweep you off your feet!

  • Naan dunked in matzoh ball soup, served by a Yiddish-speaking waiter from Madras.

  • Samuel P. Jacobs on some new efforts to preserve pastrami and matzoh ball soup for future noshers.

  • Spiel, kosher, ganof and matzoh are examples; their vowels remain un-American.