Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A thin disk of unleavened bread made from masa or wheat flour and baked on a hot surface.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A round cake; specifically, in Mexico, a large, round, thin cake prepared from maize. For this purpose it is first parboiled to cleanse and soften the grain, then crushed into a paste on a flat stone with a stone implement not unlike a rolling-pin, then worked with the hands into a kind of thin pancake, then baked, first on one side and then on the other, on a flat smooth plate of iron or earthenware, this baking being a sort of toasting carried just so far as not to brown the tortilla, which is then served up hot.
Wiktionary
- n. Mexico A flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour. In Mexican cuisine they are often served with a filling or topping such as frijoles "beans", carne "meat", salsa "sauce", sour cream and cheese, in which case they are called quesadillas.
- n. Spanish omelette; an omelette containing potatoes and onions
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.
WordNet 3.0
- n. thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour
Etymologies
- Borrowing from Spanish (Mexican) tortilla. (Wiktionary)
- American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish torta, cake, from Late Latin, a kind of bread. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I've read that the the tortilla was supposedly introduced to Mexico by Lebanese immigrants (or the tortilla is an adaptation of their flatbread).”
“- as a tortilla is Swedish (... or a sushi is Portuguese, if you prefer!)”
“Climate Changeglobal Warming Song Part one by Trillion Lawmakers approved so-called tortilla tax, not booze tax Lawmakers approved so-called tortilla tax, not booze tax”
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“We had the basically set meal of fish soup, tortilla, which is a thick omlette containing potato, loads of salad, a bottle of house red and coffee all for the princely sum of A$2. 80 (220 pesetas) We asked each other why did we wait so long to visit Spain.”
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“Hell, I've even forayed into eating salted razors, more commonly referred to as tortilla chips.”
“The recalled tortilla chips, sold in clear 16-ounce bags, were distributed in Washington and Oregon.”
“And for Spaniards, a tortilla is a sort of omelet.”
“The fare in Laforey's house was what might be expected in a hunter's establishment: venison, antelope, and the meat of the carnero cimarron - the Rocky Mountain sheep furnished his larder; and such meat (poor and tough at this season of the year), with cakes of Indian meal, either tortillas or gorditas, (The tortilla is a round flat pancake, made of the Indian cornmeal; the gordita is of the same material, but thicker) furnished the daily bill of fare.”
“She enthuses over tasty recipes in youthful, idiomatic English — describing one dish as a "party in your palate" — but is careful to pronounce Spanish words, such as "tortilla," with a Mexican accent, giving her an air of authority.”
“It's a healthy tortilla which is called the nopatilla and basically uses the nopal cactus powder, which in Latin America has a long history of being medicinal.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tortilla’.
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Open List: The World of Corn
Corn-related words and phrases. This versatile crop is so important to cultures and economies - from most basic indigenous foodstuff and animal feed to source of biopolymer and biofuel.
seed corn, field corn, flint corn, sweet corn, biofuel, biopolymer, corn starch, modified corn starch, cornstarch, cornflour, polylactic acid, citric acid and 390 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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curmudgy's list
davenport, conquistador, moonblind, unfurl, tortilla, flotsam and jetsum, flash harry, coquet, endomorphism, effluvient, fivers, bawl and 5 more...
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from spanish
translations from spanish words
demandable, recoverability, lariat, arena, vamoose, gringo, plaza, rebozo, vaquero, tortilla, barrio
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (T)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
tabard, tadpole, taffeta, taffy, talisman, tallgrass, tam, tamarind, tamarack, tambourine, tango, tansy and 144 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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A Crumb Of Comfort
Types of bread & breadmaking terms. Mainly I'm looking for plain or savoury breads but I'll accept the sweet-ish ones as long as they are more bread than cake :-)
lagana, khobz, pita, foccaccia, ciabatta, bap, altamura, knead, leaven, crumpet, muffin, bagel and 202 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 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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lola's Words
piquant, buzzard, flutter, secret, purloin, swimmingly, tortilla, rascal, cloudless, squirrel, buddha, stevedore and 20 more...
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Food and Drink
Words I like about food and drink. I like not only the word in some of them.
Palabras que me gustan sobre comida y bebida. También me gustan algunas de las cosas que denominan esas palabras.gazpacho, zarangollo, calimocho, gin-tonic, cubalibre, caipirinha, carajillo, paella, tortilla, jamón, sangría, cucurucho and 19 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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Wordnik virgin
I've heard all of these mispronounced. No kidding.
marshmallow, tortilla, Illinois, out of bounds, mozzarella, with, cayenne, mediocre, template, Bratwurst, library, pillow and 11 more...
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ovando's Words
alfa, luna, durazno, laberinto, griego, sol, beta, gama, delta, omega, épsilon, iota and 41 more...
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Man Cannot Live on Bread Alone
Types of bread products
pumpernickel, sourdough, rye, oatmeal, cornbread, multigrain, challah, naan, pita, tortilla, croissant, anadama and 67 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for tortilla.
frangarnes My favourite tortillas are 'tortilla de patatas' and 'tortilla de patatas con cebolla'. If you've tried them, then you know what I'm talking about Oct 20, 2007