guacamole

What it means

1. countableuncountableAn avocado-based greenish dip with onions, tomato, and spices, common to Mexican cuisine and often served with tortilla chips.

   Typical Mexican food is prepared here according to ancient recipes and served in orthodox sequence, that is, guacamole at the beginning and frijoles at the end.

   1942 April 5, Elizabeth Fagg, “Cafeteria in Mexico”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   1 more example

   The guacamole and queso fundido (melted cheese with a slathering of chorizo sausage on top, spooned onto sections of flour tortilla) are excellent, and two botanas (assortments) offer items like chalupas (small crisp tortillas) not always found on Chicago menus.

   1988 June 3, Lawrence Rand, “Restaurant Tours: 21 years in a Mexican standby”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2020

   Synonyms: guac

In a sentence

Typical Mexican food is prepared here according to ancient recipes and served in orthodox sequence, that is, guacamole at the beginning and frijoles at the end.

1942 April 5, Elizabeth Fagg, “Cafeteria in Mexico”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Where it comes from

1. Classical Nahuatlāhuacamōlli
2. Spanishguacamole
3. Englishguacamole

Borrowed from Spanish guacamole, from Classical Nahuatl āhuacamōlli (from āhuacatl (“avocado”) + mōlli (“sauce; broth”)).