: a stone with a concave upper surface used as the lower millstone for grinding grains and especially corn
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The shelled and cleaned nuts were then put into a metate and pounded with an oblong rock.
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Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
The experts have been analyzing stone metates – or bedrocks with grinding surfaces – to learn more about how ancient people ate.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
While kneeling to twist the mano of the metate, the seeds are dragged across the curved surface to create a paste.
—Andrea Aliseda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
Pasquier designed the delicate props, which include tiny metates, stone tools used to grind corn in Mexican food preparation.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
When the ingredients were properly roasted, Santiago transferred them to the metate for grinding.
—Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2023
For generations before the arrival of the mills, the grinding was done by hand on a sloped stone known as a metate.
—Joe Ray, Wired, 24 Feb. 2022
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Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
The experts have been analyzing stone metates – or bedrocks with grinding surfaces – to learn more about how ancient people ate.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
While kneeling to twist the mano of the metate, the seeds are dragged across the curved surface to create a paste.
—Andrea Aliseda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
Pasquier designed the delicate props, which include tiny metates, stone tools used to grind corn in Mexican food preparation.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
When the ingredients were properly roasted, Santiago transferred them to the metate for grinding.
—Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2023
For generations before the arrival of the mills, the grinding was done by hand on a sloped stone known as a metate.
—Joe Ray, Wired, 24 Feb. 2022
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“Metate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metate. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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