noun
pl. -·tos a Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat, cheese, fried beans, etc.
Origin of burrito
Mexican Spanish from Sp, little burroburrito
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burrito
noun
pl. bur·ri·tosA flour tortilla wrapped around a filling, as of beef, beans, or cheese.
Origin of burrito
American Spanish from Spanish diminutive of burro burro ; see burro .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural burritos)
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Sentence Examples
- Serve salsa and rice dishes with a fresh garden salad, or as side dishes with fondue, or alongside a plate of burritos; alternatively, combine the salsa and rice dishes into 1 casserole and use the leftovers as burrito filling.
- Amy's Kitchen includes a line of breakfast products such as its breakfast burrito, toaster pops, and its multi-grain hot cereal bowl.
- Egg-White Burrito - Scramble two or three egg whites with low fat cheese, a tablespoon of salsa and a few sliced black olives.
- Breakfast recipes include cereal with fruit, energy bars, cinnamon apple peanut butter toast, smoothies, and an egg burrito.
- Baby Burrito- The Baby BurritoT offers a creative choice to the traditional receiving blanket swaddling wrap.
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