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mano

mano

9.8
A small stone you hold to grind grain against a larger stone
  • noun
  • /ˈmɑːnoʊ/
  • Specialized
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  • For centuries, families have relied on the mano and metate to make their daily meals from scratch.
  • mano and metate

Examples

  • In traditional cooking, a mano is essential for preparing sauces from seeds and spices.

  • The work, performed by hand using grinding stones sometimes referred to by the Spanish terms mano and metate, is grueling, akin to the difficult labor that boys face in the fields.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The ancient women used a mano to grind the corn into flour on the metate.

Synonyms

pounder
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5 7.2

A heavy tool with a flat base and handle used to crush and mix grain or pigments on a stone

is a smaller simple hand-held stone used for grain grinding against larger stone
quern
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  • Archaic
9.9

A stone tool you turn by hand to grind grain into flour

is the small hand-held stone used against a larger grinding surface
metate
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  • Specialized
9.9

A flat stone used by hand to grind corn or other grains into meal

is the smaller hand-held stone moved against such a larger surface

Surface Forms

mano singular
manos plural

Etymology

The word mano for the small grinding stone comes from Spanish mano ('hand') because it is held and moved by hand on a larger stone to grind food. So a mano is literally a 'hand' tool used for grinding.