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molcajete

molcajete noun: a traditional Mexican stone tool, equivalent in function to a mortar and pestle, used for grinding food.

Noun

molcajete (plural molcajetes)

  1. A traditional Mexican stone tool, equivalent in function to a mortar and pestle, used for grinding food.

Forms of molcajete

pluralmolcajetes

Origin of molcajete

Borrowed from Spanish molcajete, from Classical Nahuatl mōlcaxitl.

Questions about molcajete

What does molcajete mean?
Molcajete means a traditional Mexican stone tool, equivalent in function to a mortar and pestle, used for grinding food.
What part of speech is molcajete?
Molcajete is a noun.
What is the plural of molcajete?
The plural of molcajete is molcajetes.

Words near molcajete in the dictionary

  1. molave
  2. molavee
  3. molavees
  4. molaves
  5. molbio
  6. molcajete
  7. molcajetes
  8. Molcan
  9. Molchan
  10. mold
  11. mold box

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