noun
tortilla
tor-TEE-yuh/tɔːrˈtiːə/
A thin, round flatbread made from corn or wheat flour.
A thin tortilla warms on the griddle.
Etymology
The flat-cake base and Spanish diminutive give the literal idea “little cake.” The name preserves that flat, rounded food image in the corn or wheat flatbread.
In context
Now, are these chalupas or are they tostadas? Well, first of all, both refer in part to a fried corn tortilla.
More examples
- The filling went into a soft corn tortilla.
- We wrapped the beans in flour tortillas.
- A crisp tortilla broke beneath the spoon.
Forms
tortilla · tortillas
Similar words
- flatbread
- Flatbread is the broad category; a tortilla is a particular thin corn- or wheat-flour bread.
- wrap
- A wrap is often a filled rolled flatbread; tortilla names the bread itself.