metate
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
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How to use metate in a sentence
They also prepare a drink by parching corn and grinding it to powder on the metate, and mixing it with water and a little achote.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 | Hubert Howe BancroftTheir cooking-utensils consist of the metate, pots made of earthenware, and gourds.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 | Hubert Howe BancroftOn my way I stubbed my stockinged foot against a stone metate or mortar in which Indians and Mexicans make their flour.
The Killer | Stewart Edward WhiteBeing an Indian she quite cheerfully went back to pounding acorns in a metate.
The Killer | Stewart Edward WhiteThe animal he caught he throws toward her where she is kneeling before the metate, so that it falls on her skirt.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) | Carl Lumholtz
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