chile con queso

or chil·i con que·so

[ chil-ee kon key-soh ]

/ ˈtʃɪl i kɒn ˈkeɪ soʊ /

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noun

a Tex-Mex dip of melted cheese with hot peppers, onion, and tomato, usually served as an appetizer with tortilla chips.

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Origin of chile con queso

First recorded in 1915–20; from Mexican Spanish: literally “chile with cheese”; see origin at chili, queso

Words nearby chile con queso

Chilean cedar, Chilean firebush, Chilean guava, Chilean sea bass, Chile-bells, chile con queso, chilectomy, chilectropion, Chile pine, chile relleno, Chile saltpeter

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Thar was nobody hyar but ole Miss Lucy, who'd had some kind of a spell an' lost most of her sense, an' didn't know more'n a chile.
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