metate
/mɛˈtɑːteɪ/
metate noun: a flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.
Noun
metate (plural 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...1985, James A. Michener, chapter V, in Texas, page 326
metate meaning in Malayalam
metate in Malayalam
- flat stone for grinding grains
- അമ്മിക്കല്ല് ammikkallŭ
Forms of metate
| plural | metates |
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Origin of metate
Borrowed from Spanish metate, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *mətla-tl.
Questions about metate
- What does metate mean?
- Metate means a flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.
- What is metate in Malayalam?
- Metate in Malayalam is അമ്മിക്കല്ല് (ammikkallŭ). See Metate meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is metate?
- Metate is a noun.
- How do you pronounce metate?
- Metate is pronounced /mɛˈtɑːteɪ/.
- What is the plural of metate?
- The plural of metate is metates.
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