tortilla

noun

tor·​ti·​lla tȯr-ˈtē-yə 

: a thin round of unleavened cornmeal or wheat flour bread usually eaten hot with a topping or filling (as of ground meat or cheese)

Examples of tortilla in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It is made with crispy white meat chicken, lettuce and tomato in a soft tortilla. —Peter Burke, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024

The wrap is made with crispy white meat chicken, lettuce and tomato, encased by a soft tortilla. —Rachel Raposas, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024

Check your carrots, poultry, tortilla strips, more More than 167,000 pounds of ground beef recalled for E. coli concerns. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2024

Other food recalls currently include meat products that may be contaminated with listeria bacteria, beef tallow that has been labeled unfit for human consumption, and tortilla strips with missing allergen warnings. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from American Spanish (Mexico, Central America, parts of the Caribbean and South America), from Spanish, diminutive of torta "cake, pastry," going back to Late Latin tōrta "round loaf of bread" — more at tart entry 2

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing tortilla

• tortilla chip

Kids Definition

tortilla

noun

tor·​ti·​lla tȯr-ˈtē-(y)ə 

: a thin round of unleavened cornmeal or wheat flour bread

Etymology

American Spanish, literally "little cake," from Spanish torta "cake"