a stone with a flat or concave surface on which grain, nuts, etc. can be ground with a smaller stone
Origin of metate
Mexican Spanish from Nahuatl metatlmetate
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metate
noun
A stone block with a shallow concave surface, used with a mano for grinding corn or other grains.
Origin of metate
American Spanish from Nahuatl metlatl
metate
metate (left) and mano (right)
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Noun
(plural metates)
- A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.
Origin
From American Spanish metate, from Classical Nahuatl metlatl (“grinding stone").
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