tejolote

From Classical Nahuatl texōlōtl (“grinding stone, pestle”), from teci (“to grind maize”) + ōlōtl (“corncob”), in reference to the cylindrical shape of the pestle.

• IPA^(key): /texoˈlote/, [t̪exoˈlot̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote

tejolote m (plural tejolotes)

1. (Mexico) A type of stone pestle, often cylindrical in shape and used with a molcajete.

• (stone pestle of a molcajete): mano f, pilón m

• olote

• metate
• molcajete