queso

noun

que·​so ˈkā-(ˌ)sō How to pronounce queso (audio)
: a dipping sauce of melted cheese and chopped chili peppers : chili con queso
The author was never told in her Texas elementary school that if she ordered queso … or chalupas once she left home, she'd get only a plateful of disappointment.Pete Wells
The Mexican-inspired chain is offering free chips with guacamole or queso to customers who purchase their first order on its new smartphone app.Aric Jenkins

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Larger boxes of spicy queso Bits won't hit major food retailers, though, until Feb. 2025. Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024 White Queso Dip Lord help us, this new queso is incredible. Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2024 The winner was set to take home $5, a cowboy hat, and one year of free queso from the taco chain Torchy’s. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2024 Chef Akhtar’s special BBQ sauce uses three bottles of Mexican Coke for the Mexican Coke glazed turkey breast and ;eg accompanied by spicy root vegetable stuffing and green bean casserole with mushroom queso. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for queso 

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Spanish, "cheese," going back to Latin cāseus — more at cheese entry 1

First Known Use

1989, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of queso was in 1989

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“Queso.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/queso. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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