Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A flour tortilla folded in half around a savory filling, as of cheese or beans, then fried or toasted.
Wiktionary
- n. A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla (corn or flour) with cheese, folding in half and toasting until the cheese is melted. Additional ingredients, such as meats (chicken or beef, commonly), or vegetables can be added. Often served with salsa, guacamole and/or sour cream.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a tortilla that is filled with cheese and heated
Etymologies
- American Spanish, from Spanish, diminutive of quesada, type of cheesecake, from queso, cheese, from Old Spanish, from Latin cāseus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A quesadilla is a quesadilla because it's usually made with soft "quesadilla" cheese, some of the toppings are folded inside (by the cook, instead of the eater), and the salsa is served on top.”
“Now, this isn't as cheap as your usual intern hangout: The signature Fahrenheit 5 (Malibu coconut rum, Grand Marnier, and pineapple and cranberry juices) will still cost $6.25, and a chicken quesadilla is $7.50.”
“Of course this basic quesadilla is easily jazzed up with all kinds of delicious fillings.”
“I can just barely tolerate it on their tacos thanks to the spice. mkim, I’ve been told the vegeterian quesadilla is great.”
“The quesadilla is a satisfying meal for one, the kind of thing I like to eat by myself when I've got no company other than cookbooks, which I read to plan future meals -- just as I first read about this dish over breakfast cereal.”
The Huffington Post: Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Guacamole: Now Inside the Quesadilla
“The quesadilla is a satisfying meal for one, the kind of thing I like to eat by myself when I've got no company other than cookbooks, which I read to plan future meals--just as I first read about this dish over breakfast cereal.”
The Huffington Post: Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Guacamole: Now Inside the Quesadilla
“A quesadilla is a tasty Mexican dish, but as it turns out it's also a handy metaphor for economics.”
“The only stuff that's bad for you that tasted good was the spinach dip at top (not amazing, but not bad at all) and the cheese quesadilla, which is pretty flipping hard to mess up.”
“My next problem was what kind of quesadilla to make?”
“A123 spinoff 24M funded for novel energy storage raygun01: Stacey via txt: What kind of quesadilla do u want?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘quesadilla’.
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250 Further Spelling Words
Another compilation of spelling words suitable for intermediate to advanced spellers.
venturi, aesir, affenpinscher, rottweiler, amanuensis, balletomane, hansard, sangfroid, yukata, capriccio, cuisse, heriot and 237 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Pies: Just like Grandma Used to Make ...
Pies, Tarts, Turnovers, and other flaky or wrapped lovelies
wonton, whoopie pie, Washington pie, tourtiere, tortilla, torta, tiropita, Tarte Tatin, tarte au sucre, sweet potato pie, strawberry rhubar..., steak and kidney pie and 64 more...
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October 2011
serendipity, grateful, irritable, punchy, twitchy, reverence, solitude, levity, nubble, sojourn, Eden, quesadilla and 19 more...
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International House of Fufluns
Fufluns, as everyone knows, are the tasty treats that are great warm, cold, covered in sprinkles, or thrown at one's friends. Here's a list of what fufluns are called in various places around the w...
Fufluns, fufluns, fufuns, muffin, cupcake, quesadilla, Runza, pasty, savory hand pie, hand pie, pierogie, pan de fuf and 33 more...
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Tricky Words from Spanish
Loanwords from Spanish -- some established, others more wet behind the ears -- that are difficult to spell, pronounce, or remember.
chipotle, temblor, olla podrida, arroyo, stevedore, guacamole, vaquero, serape, calaboose, Popocatépetl, jalapeño, maquiladora and 4 more...
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Fun Food Names
spaghettini, mutton, bratwurst, zabaglione, sweet potato pie, succotash, slumgullion, bouillabaisse, hush puppy, gumbo, jambalaya, mahimahi and 126 more...
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Verbalitis
syncretic
anecdotal, phthisis, serendipitous, slapper, syncretic, sesquipedalian, hysteresis, polt, noyade, crocket, irenic, masquerade and 278 more...
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Words that are fun to say
stipple, carbuncle, dongle, exemplar, misbegotten, gigolo, salubrious, jupiter, propinquity, piglet, tobogganing, supercilious and 309 more...
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encyclopedia gustatorica
béchamel, tart, pie, cupcake, roux, jambalaya, étouffé, succulent, plum, pomegranate, peach, apple and 300 more...
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wordn't-you-just-know-it
autopolyploid, stimthought, vandanbladderstiddle, word's eye view, ménagerie à trois, technonotice, bluebell, slanticular, ante-jentacular, splunge, turkish room, uxorial and 770 more...
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Prattle Words
"I like quesadillas!" All the fun words for the non-stop babbler's vocabulary.
quesadilla, tintinnabulation, cacophony, obliterate, miff, melancholy, technobabble, plump, onomatomania, quaternary, pizzazz, confuzzle and 15 more...
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Sandwich words
hoagie, hero, grinder, po boy, torpedo, reuben sandwich, open-faced, french dip sandwich, kaiser roll, blt, bagel, delicatessen and 41 more...
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Spanish Spelling Bee List
i am still copying down lists but i am in the 5th grade and got fourth in the spelling bee out of 26 people, the word i missed was candelabra, well next year i will win because now i know the words
burrito, gazpacho, alligator, chinchilla, pueblo, quesadilla, flamenco, cabana, filibuster, cilantro, mesa, cafeteria and 60 more...
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Quebec
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for quesadilla.
blafferty Well done, all of you. Jul 3, 2011
reesetee See? That's why I come to Wordnik--for the literary excellence. Jul 1, 2011
yarb Is not the mounted liger multifunctional? Satay,
mouth-watering, bone-forming enchiladas, gluten-free
masala, psychoactive potpies (guarded jealously),
unwholesome nontraditional croquettes - you've got to say,
though lesser-known, of common stock he definitely ain't
(and in the world of quesadillas he's a St.)
- by Alfredo Lyddite Jun 30, 2011
ruzuzu Is not the mounted liger's satay
a nontraditional common-stock potpie
compared to you, quesadilla?
Your lesser-known croquettishness
cannot hide your multifunctional delights! Jun 30, 2011
milosrdenstvi The lesser-known, multifunctional quesadilla!
Mouth-wateringly unwholesome
A bone-forming croquette
A jealously-guarded untraditional potpie!
(You've also got 'masala' and 'satay' in this list,
But I have no idea what they are.) Jun 30, 2011
blafferty The "Same Context" section for this word makes me feel like writing an impromptu poem.
Edit: Sorry, perhaps I meant that the Same Context section for this word seems like an impromptu poem. Jun 30, 2011
reesetee Oh. Carry on, then. Jun 29, 2011
ruzuzu Sorry--that wasn't a liger. That was just my stomach growling. Jun 28, 2011
reesetee Please! No feeding the animals! Jun 28, 2011
ruzuzu Rawr! Jun 28, 2011
reesetee Ooh, look at all those yummy tortilla ligers in the photos down there.... Jun 28, 2011
milosrdenstvi quesadilla (n.)
1. Latin American edible confabulation, consistent of tortilla, cheese, other variant yummables, and brought to heat.
2. See also liger. Jun 28, 2011