metate
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metate
- /mɛˈtɑːteɪ/
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Borrowed from Spanish metate, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *mətla-tl.
noun metates
- A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains. Each evening, when he returned home, he found that María he prepared some new treat, for she was a most ingenious woman, capable of transforming the poorest materials into something delicious, and he grew to love the tortillas she made so patiently, kneeling before the stone metate as she beat the b
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noun flat stone for grinding grains
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Talk about this word "metate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/metate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. metate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/metate "metate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/metate.Cite this
@misc{metate_2026,
title = {metate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/metate},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
