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noun, masculine

tejolote

/texoˈlote/

noun, masculine/texoˈlote/plural: tejolotes

a stone pestle used in Mexican cuisine, often cylindrical in shape and used with a molcajete

Synonyms: mano, pilón

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

tejolote — Spanish Dictionary | Passage