metate
Mesoamerican grinding slab
A metate is a flat or slightly concave stone slab used for grinding grain, seeds, or other foods by hand.
Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and the American Southwest have used metates for thousands of years, typically with a handheld stone called a mano: She ground the corn on her grandmother's metate.
The word comes from Spanish, from Nahuatl.
Nixtamalized corn dough
- tortillaThin unleavened Mexican bread
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- maizeCob-bearing cereal crop
- grindingMolar action sometimes
salsa · guacamole · mole · cacao · chocolate · chiles · spices · tamale
Human-made historical object
- excavationAct of unearthing
- quernManual grain grinder
- basaltFine-grained volcanic stone
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
pre-Columbian · Mesoamerican · lithic · handstone · museum · preservation · antiquity · relic
masa
Nixtamalized corn dough
grinding · salsa · guacamole · mole · cacao · chocolate · chiles · spices · tamale · atole
artifact
Human-made historical object
- excavationAct of unearthing
- quernManual grain grinder
- basaltFine-grained volcanic stone
mortar · pre-Columbian · Mesoamerican · lithic · handstone · museum · preservation · antiquity · relic · site
Aztec
Ancient Mexican civilization
- MayanOf ancient Mesoamerican civilization
- OlmecAncient Gulf Coast people
- ZapotecMesoamerican indigenous group
indigenous · ancestral · ceremonial · tradition · heritage · domestic · household · women · ritual · symbolism
- meta dataInformation describing other information
- meta jokeHumor referencing itself
- meta tagWebpage's embedded description
- meta commentaryDiscussion within about itself
- meta gamingLeveraging knowledge beyond gameplay
- meta analysisCombined review of studies
meta, metaphysics, metadata, metathesis, metalanguage, metacognition, metafiction, metatheory, metanarrative