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mat•zo  (mät′sə; Seph. Heb. mä tsä′;
Ashk. Heb. mä′tsô),USA pronunciation n., pl. mat•zos, mat•zoth, mat•zot 
    (mät′səz; Seph. Heb. mä tsôt′;
    Ashk. Heb. mä′tsōs).USA pronunciation     
  1. Judaismunleavened bread in the form of large crackers, typically square and corrugated, eaten by Jews during Passover.
  2. Judaismone of these crackers.
Also, matzah, matzoh. 
  • Hebrew maṣṣāh
  • Yiddish matse
  • 1840–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
matzo, matzoh / ˈmætsəʊ/matza, matzah / ˈmætsə/ (matzos, matzohs, matzas, matzahs, matzoth / maˈtsɔt/)
  1. a brittle very thin biscuit of unleavened bread, traditionally eaten during Passover
Etymology: from Hebrew matsāh
'matza' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
matzo

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