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Mission burrito

Mission burrito noun: a dish in American cuisine usually consisting of a tortilla wrapped around meat, rice, beans, sour cream, as well as various vegetables and sauces. The Mission burrito is distinguished from a traditional burrito by its larger size and greater diversity of ingredients and is the most common variety of burrito consumed at a typical "burrito restaurant".

mission burrito: a dish in American cuisine usually consisting of a tortilla wrapped around meat, rice, beans, sour...
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Noun

Mission burrito (plural Mission burritos)

  1. A dish in American cuisine usually consisting of a tortilla wrapped around meat, rice, beans, sour cream, as well as various vegetables and sauces. The Mission burrito is distinguished from a traditional burrito by its larger size and greater diversity of ingredients and is the most common variety of burrito consumed at a typical "burrito restaurant".

Forms of Mission burrito

pluralMission burritos

Origin of Mission burrito

From the Mission neighbourhood of San Francisco, where the Mission burrito was first developed.

Questions about Mission burrito

What does Mission burrito mean?
Mission burrito means a dish in American cuisine usually consisting of a tortilla wrapped around meat, rice, beans, sour cream, as well as various vegetables and sauces. The Mission burrito is distinguished from a traditional burrito by its larger size and greater diversity of ingredients and is the most common variety of burrito consumed at a typical "burrito restaurant".
What part of speech is Mission burrito?
Mission burrito is a noun.
What is the plural of Mission burrito?
The plural of Mission burrito is Mission burritos.

Words near Mission burrito in the dictionary

  1. missiologist
  2. missiologists
  3. missiology
  4. mission
  5. mission accomplished
  6. Mission burrito
  7. Mission burritos
  8. Mission Canyon
  9. mission creep
  10. Mission fig
  11. Mission golden-eyed treefrog

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