metate

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

noun,plural me·ta·tes [muh-tah-teez; Spanish me-tah-tes]. /məˈtɑ tiz; Spanish mɛˈtɑ tɛs/.
  1. a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.

Origin of metate

1
1825–35, Americanism;<Mexican Spanish <Nahuatl metlatl

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