Metate

What do we mean by metate?

A stone block with a shallow concave surface, used with a mano for grinding corn or other grains. noun

A primitive hand-mill of stone, usually on three, formerly also on four, legs of the same block. In ancient times the Mexican metate was often elaborately carved, whereas the Peruvian batan is a rude slab. The metate is in common use in the North American Southwest. noun

A flat or somewhat hollowed stone upon which grain or other food is ground, by means of a smaller stone or pestle. noun

A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains. noun

A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.

The unintentional act of being distracted while attempting to meditate due to the realization that you are, are not, or should be meditating. Also refers to excessive self-awareness and self-consciousness pertaining either to one's mind or body, occurring during or interfering with successful meditation practices. Common in persons meditating for the first or second time, or who don't believe in or agree with the premise of meditation. Sometimes accompanied by or triggered by embarrassment about the fact that they are meditating. Urban Dictionary

The act of extracting a metaprinciple from a paradox, conundrum or contradiction. Urban Dictionary

Metatation: The act of contemplating meditation itself, putting oneself outside the very state of meditation. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to metate:
metate, mutate, metage, mette, mecate, cetate, metane, petate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word metate:
mano, grinding, jaguar, maize, jade, stone, processing, figures, variety, might, ground, food, type, region, found, large, used.

Words that rhyme with metate:
beat it, cheat it, complete it, conceit it, concrete it, crete it, deceit it, defeat it, delete it, deplete it, eat it, elite it, excrete it, feat it, feet hit, feet it, fleet it, greet it, heartbeat it, heat hit, heat it, incomplete it, meat it, meet it, mete it, mistreat it, neat it, obsolete it, overheat it, receipt it, repeat it, retreat it, seat it, secrete it, sheet it, st it, street it, suite it, sweet it, ti tut, treat it, unseat it, wheat it.

Adjectives that are often used to describe metate:
large, flat, broken, legged, complete, small, shaped, single, miniature, troughed, mexican, rectangular, heavy, whole, shallow, second, indian, typical, oval, smooth, coarse, inverted, aztec, grooved, tabular, type, deep, ovoid, finer, big, tripodal, fine, grinding, thin, slanted, ancient, regular, panel, fragmentary, compartment.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective metate:
fragments, complex, set.

Consonant match to metate:
motet, mete out, mat it, matott, matt it, me tight, meat it, meet it, meet tight, met it, met out, mete it, might out, mote it.

Words that sound like metate:
metate, imitate, motet, mud hut, motat, mattoid, mete out, notate, misstate, medit, mitad, mahat, mated, matted, mutate, mateo, matteo, maty, muddied, maties, meted, made it, meat head, mutti, mudded, mooted, moted, meated, matute, moated, mutta, moate, madit, maudit, medad, metayer, made out, majette, annotate, night out, nutted, not out, iodate, midst, mete, mitty, metta, mity, msot, mehta, mid day, miti, meto, missed out, meti, metoo, metty, metas, meta-, mittie, methought, mistaught, misdate, mishit, metu, mentat, methot, mittent, metsat, mohit, mahad, mandate, knitted, imitator, mata, -ment, manette, maday, imitates, mait, maret, hittite, imitater, maite, mahout, limitate, matai, maita, mallette, madded, hit out, mai tai, maltais, madid, man date, -mate, mapped out, mashad, litate, massat.