metate

 [muh-tah-tee; Sp. me-tah-te]  

me·ta·te

   [muh-tah-tee; Sp. me-tah-te]
noun, plural me·ta·tes  [-teez; Sp. -tes] .
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
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Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl metlatl
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