metate

American  

[muh-tah-tee, me-tah-te] / məˈtɑ ti, mɛˈtɑ tɛ /

noun

PLURAL

metates

1. a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.

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Etymology

Origin of metate

1825–35, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl metlatl

Example Sentences

The woman's mother had buried her molcajete, metate, comal, and cazuelas in a hole in the ground and fled.

From Salon

Good moles are usually done either in a stone mill or in a metate.

From Washington Post

Mole requires a metate, a grinding stone, to properly blend the ingredients, the chef insists.

From Washington Post

If you go to smaller towns, you’ll see like 10 to 15 women on a metate, grinding the mole by hand.

From Washington Post

After a plush freeway drive north toward Indio, our convoy of Uruses crossed into the sandy Metate Ranch, a desert outpost offering four-wheel Jeep tours through the rocks and canyons.

From Los Angeles Times