fundido
Mexican melted cheese
Fundido is Spanish for "melted" and appears in English mainly in *queso fundido*, a Mexican dish of melted cheese served as a dip: We started with queso fundido and chips.
The word occasionally appears alone in restaurant contexts to describe cheese-based dishes or dips served bubbling hot.
Melted cheese dip
- chorizoSpiced Spanish pork sausage
- jalapeñoMild-to-medium Mexican pepper
- tortillaThin unleavened Mexican bread
- chipsThin fried slices
salsa · guacamole · nachos · taqueria · cilantro · pico de gallo · carnitas · Tex-Mex
queso
Melted cheese dip
- chorizoSpiced Spanish pork sausage
- jalapeñoMild-to-medium Mexican pepper
- tortillaThin unleavened Mexican bread
chips · salsa · guacamole · nachos · taqueria · cilantro · pico de gallo · carnitas · Tex-Mex · appetizer
melt
Change from solid
stringy · oozing · bubbling · molten · softened · flowing · blended · smooth · creamy · runny
cozy
Warm and snug
- indulgentToo willing to yield
- satisfyingProducing fulfillment or pleasure
- heartyWarm and substantial
warming · comforting · homestyle · casual · shareable · gathering · snacking · relaxed · convivial · nostalgic
fundidosolid
Firm matter state
frozen · solidified · unmelted · congealed · hardened
fundidonachos
Topped tortilla chips
queso fresco · chile con queso · cheese plate · cotija · cheese cubes
- queso fundidoMelted cheese appetizer
fuse, fused, fusion, fusions, fusible, fusibility, infuse, infused, infusion