tor·til·la (tôr-t  y )n. A thin disk of unleavened bread made from masa or wheat flour and baked on a hot surface. [American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish torta, cake, from Late Latin, a kind of bread.] |
tortilla [tɔːˈtiːə]
n
(Cookery) Mexican cookery a kind of thin pancake made from corn meal and cooked on a hot griddle until dry
[from Spanish: a little cake, from torta a round cake, from Late Latin; see torte]
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| Noun | 1. |  tortilla - thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flourbattercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, hot cake, hotcake, pancake, griddlecake - a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle wrap - a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla tostada - a crisp flat tortilla Mexico, United Mexican States - a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810 |
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