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tenates

tenates is the plural of tenate.

Meaning of tenate

Noun

tenate (plural tenates)

  1. A kind of deep cylindrical basket, usually made of woven palm, used in Mexico.
    • She pretended not to hear him and busied herself opening her tenate—the basket without handles, made of matting—where she carried her clothes.1942, Maria Cristina Chambers, The Water-Carrier’s Secrets, Oxford University Press, page 150

Questions about tenates

What is tenates the plural of?
Tenates is the plural of tenate.

Words near tenates in the dictionary

  1. tenascins
  2. tenase
  3. tenases
  4. Tenasserim
  5. tenate
  6. tenates
  7. tenatoprazole
  8. tenatumomab
  9. tenaunt
  10. tenaunts
  11. Tenazar

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