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enchilada definition

☆ en·chi·lada (en′c̸hi lä′də)

noun

a tortilla usually rolled with meat inside and served with a chili-flavored sauce

Etymology: AmSp < en- (see en-) + chile (see chili) + -ada (see -ade)

enchilada Idioms

the whole enchilada

Slang
all of it; everything; the entirety of something

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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