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metate
(me¦tate)
Pronunciation:
/məˈtɑːteɪ/
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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