matzo ball

1. 1.

   a Jewish dumpling made of matzo meal; usually served in soup

   Synonymsmatzoh ballmatzah ball

   Broaderdumpling

Questions about matzo ball

What does matzo ball mean?

matzo ball means "a Jewish dumpling made of matzo meal; usually served in soup".

What is another word for matzo ball?

Close synonyms include matzoh ball, matzah ball. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is matzo ball a common word?

matzo ball is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.