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metate

Pronunciation: /məˈtɑːteɪ/

Definition of metate

noun

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

Origin:

from American Spanish, from Nahuatl métatl

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