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Definition of Metate
1. n. A flat or somewhat hollowed stone upon which grain or other food is ground, by means of a smaller stone or pestle.
Definition of Metate
1. Noun. A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metate
1. a stone used for grinding grains [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metate
Literary usage of Metate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona by Alfred Vincent Kidder, Samuel James Guernsey (1919)
"metates were not found in any of the houses, although metate bins, made by setting
stone slabs edgewise in the earth, were observed in Ruins 2 and 3. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Yale University (1911)
"metate of the four-legged type, ornamented with ten animal heads attached to the
... Jaguar metate the legs of which are decorated with stars in champlevé. ..."
3. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"A portion of either side bears a high polish quite different from the rough
surface produced by grinding on a metate. This polish is obviously the result of ..."
4. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"Us-tu-la'-tion, я. act of burning or searing, a roasting as of metate. [mon.
tí'-eu-al, a. customary, cora- TJ'-eu-al-ly, ad. customarily. ..."
5. Indians of the Southwest by Pliny Earle Goddard (1913)
"For use, it has the front end raised making an angle of about 30 degrees from
the Prehistoric Stone metate and Bowl. ..."
6. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1895)
"I do not know these things — I only know I^ennan metate XIX NINETEEN ! of years
a pleasant number ; And it were well If on his post old Time would slumber ..."
7. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"30—12 54 metate USE the mealing plates in a group bedded side by side 111 ...
The Mexican type of metate does not extend northward much beyond the limits of ..."
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