Metate is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Metate meaning
A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.
Using Metate
- The main meaning on this page is: A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.
Context around Metate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Metate
- In this selection, "metate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ceremonial and sculpted stand out and add context to how "metate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include nicoyan ceremonial metate sculpted in and on a metate to make. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "metate" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with metate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jasmine Medina, one of the founders of Tacos El Metate, made sure that staff was fully aware of the differences that the pandemic levied upon the restaurant industry. (28 words)
Before industrialization, traditional women spent several hours a day boiling dried corn then grinding them on a metate to make the dough for tortillas, cooking them one-by-one on a comal griddle. (33 words)
In lithics, it highlighted the elaboration of the Nicoyan ceremonial metate, sculpted in stone and characterized by the presence of effigies sculpted from the heads of jaguars and macaws, which makes it unique in Mesoamerica. (35 words)
In lithics, it highlighted the elaboration of the Nicoyan ceremonial metate, sculpted in stone and characterized by the presence of effigies sculpted from the heads of jaguars and macaws, which makes it unique in Mesoamerica. (35 words)
Before industrialization, traditional women spent several hours a day boiling dried corn then grinding them on a metate to make the dough for tortillas, cooking them one-by-one on a comal griddle. (33 words)
Jasmine Medina, one of the founders of Tacos El Metate, made sure that staff was fully aware of the differences that the pandemic levied upon the restaurant industry. (28 words)
Example sentences (3)
Jasmine Medina, one of the founders of Tacos El Metate, made sure that staff was fully aware of the differences that the pandemic levied upon the restaurant industry.
In lithics, it highlighted the elaboration of the Nicoyan ceremonial metate, sculpted in stone and characterized by the presence of effigies sculpted from the heads of jaguars and macaws, which makes it unique in Mesoamerica.
Before industrialization, traditional women spent several hours a day boiling dried corn then grinding them on a metate to make the dough for tortillas, cooking them one-by-one on a comal griddle.