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queso

queso

9 6.7
A hot melted cheese dip served with tortilla chips
  • noun
  • /ˈkeɪsoʊ/
  • US
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  • The spicy queso is perfect for dipping tortilla chips during the game.

I'm lactose, but usually people put queso or cheese in it.

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Examples

  • I started with queso, real chili con queso with peppers and picadillo in it.

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  • I feel like with some guacamole or queso added, the tacos would have been fine.

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  • This is the best type of queso when it's yellow.

  • I love me some queso!

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  • Yeah, the non vegan queso is in bowl A.

  • I made my famous southwest queso on Saturday and my chili on Sunday, and both are awesome in my opinion.

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  • You can also have guacamole or queso added to the tacos.

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  • We covered a lot of ground in the couple of hours we chatted, and we ate some great chili queso.

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  • In this dish, the corn tortillas hold small pieces of shrimp, potato, tomato, and onion topped with salsa verde and queso blanco.

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  • At the restaurant, I ordered a bowl of queso with my nachos.

Synonyms

cheese dip
vsqueso
1 1.1

A warm sauce of melted cheese served for dipping chips or bread

is the same dip but tied specifically to Mexican or Tex-Mex cuisine

How Melted

fondue
7 3.9
queso
  • US
9 6.7
cheese
1.0

Surface Forms

queso singular
quesos plural

Etymology

Queso comes from the old Latin word caseus, which meant 'cheese', and is from the same root as the English word cheese. So queso today means cheese or a melted cheese dip, which makes it easy to remember when you see it on a menu.