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metates

metates is the plural of metate.

Meaning of metate

Noun

metate (plural metates)

  1. 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

Questions about metates

What is metates the plural of?
Metates is the plural of metate.

Words near metates in the dictionary

  1. metatellurates
  2. metatemplate
  3. metatemplates
  4. metatergite
  5. metatergites
  6. metates
  7. metatexite
  8. metatexites
  9. metatexitic
  10. metatext
  11. metatexts

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