Wiktionary
n. A ball of unleavened dough, often served in soup.
WordNet
n. a Jewish dumpling made of matzo meal; usually served in soup [syn: matzoh ball, matzah ball]
Wikipedia
The Matzo Ball is an annual Christmas Eve nightlife event and party held in a number of major cities in the United States and Canada targeted primarily at young Jewish singles and organized by the Society of Young Jewish Professionals.
The name of the event is frequently styled as MatzoBall or misspelled as Matzah Ball or MatzahBall.
There are a number of competing social events in Jewish communities throughout the U.S. and Canada held that same night. In addition, Matzo Ball and similar spellings are also used as the names for a variety of other, unrelated Jewish community events in particular regions.Author Rabbi Joshua Plaut, Ph.D in his book A Kosher Christmas:'Tis the Season to Be Jewish (Rutgers University Press, 2012) discusses the Matzo Ball, singles parties and activities and a variety of Christmas Eve secular traditions, customs and rituals in which American Jews engage as a diversion, source of amusement and collegiality.
Usage examples of "matzo ball".
Her grandmother, she recalled, had never learned to make matzo ball soup in sixty-three years of married life.
Well, thought Ivanova, she had never learned how to make matzo ball soup either.
You'll spend the rest of the summer fact-checking matzo ball recipes.