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mission burrito

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables
mis-sion bur-ri-to
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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".

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Mission burritos (plural)

Questions

What does mission burrito mean?
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".
Where does mission burrito come from?
From the Mission neighbourhood of San Francisco, where the Mission burrito was first developed.

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