metate

Definitions


[mɪˈtɑːteɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in Central America) a flat or slightly hollowed oblong stone on which materials such as grain and cocoa are ground using a smaller stone
(e.g: she ground the corn on a metate)


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Origin:
from American Spanish, from Nahuatl métatl




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