/tawr tee"euh/ ; Sp. /tawrdd tee"yah/ , n. , pl. tortillas /-tee"euhz/ ; Sp. /-tee"yahs/ . Mexican Cookery.
a thin, round, unleavened bread prepared from cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, or the like.
[ 1690-1700; tort ( a ) cake (see TORTE) + -illa dim. suffix -ella ]