- flour tortilla
- noun
: a tortilla made with wheat flour instead of cornmeal
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
flour tortilla
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tortilla — ☆ tortilla [tôr tē′ə ] n. [Sp, dim. of torta, a cake < LL(Ec), twisted bread: see TART2] a thin, flat, round cake of unleavened cornmeal or, often, of flour, baked on a griddle or, originally, a flat stone … English World dictionary
tortilla — /tawr tee euh/; Sp. /tawrdd tee yah/, n., pl. tortillas / tee euhz/; Sp. / tee yahs/. Mexican Cookery. a thin, round, unleavened bread prepared from cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, or the like. [1690 … Universalium
tortilla — noun Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, diminutive of torta cake, from Late Latin, round loaf of bread Date: 1648 a thin round of unleavened cornmeal or wheat flour bread usually eaten hot with a topping or filling (as of ground meat or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
tortilla — noun /ˌtɔrˈtiːjə/ a) 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… … Wiktionary
tortilla — tor|til|la [to:ˈti:jə US to:r ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : American Spanish; Origin: Spanish torta cake , from Late Latin; TORTE] a type of thin flat Mexican bread made from corn or wheat flour … Dictionary of contemporary English
