metate

Significat (Anglès)

A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.

Sinònims

millstone

grindstone

stone

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Traduccions

metate

Mühlstein

μυλόπετρα

meule

mola

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/mɛˈtɑːteɪ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Spanish metate, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *metlatl.