noun
- A triangular pastry filled with fruit preserves, poppy seeds, or other sweet fillings, traditionally eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim.
Usage: Usually plural; also spelled hamentaschen or hamantash (singular).; The name is believed to derive from Haman, the antagonist in the Book of Esther.
Examples
- My grandmother bakes hamantaschen every year for Purim.
- The bakery displayed trays of hamantaschen filled with apricot jam.
- Children enjoy eating hamantaschen during the Purim celebration.
- These hamantaschen have a delicious poppy seed filling.
- We made hamantaschen together as a family tradition.
- The three-cornered shape of hamantaschen is symbolic of Haman's hat.