tortilla chip
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- noun
- /tɔrˈtiːjə tʃɪp/
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totopos
- - Too many tortilla chips.
I like guacamole because it's yummy and you can eat it with crackers or tortilla chips.
- I like guacamole because it's yummy and you can eat it with crackers or tortilla chips.
- One of those little rounds was about tortilla chips.
Examples
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Let's round things out with these cheesy Nacho flavored tortilla chips, shall we?
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Five minutes later, Lois reappeared with a small cooler and a bag of tortilla chips.
Fiction book (1999) -
And some of those tortilla chips.
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But who stops at ten tortilla chips?
Blog text (8) -
6) Lay out a layer of tortilla chips on a baking sheet.
Blog text (34) -
I glanced at the answering machine as I dumped the tortilla chips into a bowl.
Blog text (26) -
Or instead of tortilla chips, I'll use carrots for the guac.
Blog text (30) -
Each meal starts with house-made tortilla chips and three kinds of salsa.
Blog text (2) -
After the washer's hooked up in the pantry, Julio opens a plastic tub of salsa, along with a bag of tortilla chips, and sets them on his rickety kitchen table.
Fiction book (1999) -
I enjoyed dipping the crispy tortilla chips into the spicy salsa at the party.
Synonyms
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A crisp tortilla chip topped with melted cheese and often meat or jalapeños
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A thin crunchy snack made from corn and fried, often salted or flavored
Thin crispy tortilla chips eaten plain as a snack
How Crisp
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a thin crisp piece made from a tortilla' is directly and compositionally derivable from combining 'tortilla' (flatbread) with 'chip' (a small crisp piece/snack). Although 'chip' is often associated with potato, English regularly extends it to other bases (e.g. corn/tortilla), and the construction is transparent and readily interpretable by learners who know both words.
Etymology
Tortilla chip comes from a simple kitchen idea: people cut a soft tortilla into small pieces and fry or bake them until they are crisp 'chips'. Because these crunchy pieces are made for dipping, the name now means a thin, crisp piece eaten as a 'snack' with dips.