metate

[ muh-tah-tee; Spanish me-tah-te ]

/ məˈtɑ ti; Spanish mɛˈtɑ tɛ /

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noun, plural me·ta·tes

[muh-tah-teez; Spanish me-tah-tes]. /məˈtɑ tiz; Spanish mɛˈtɑ tɛs/.

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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Origin of metate

1825–35, Americanism;<Mexican Spanish <Nahuatl metlatl

Words nearby metate

metastatic, meta tag, metatarsal, metatarsal arch, metatarsus, metate, metatheory, metatherian, metathesis, metathesize, metathorax

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 Bancroft
Their cooking-utensils consist of the metate, pots made of earthenware, and gourds.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1|Hubert Howe Bancroft
On 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 White
Being an Indian she quite cheerfully went back to pounding acorns in a metate.
The Killer|Stewart Edward White

The 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