machete

ma·chet·e

M0006500 (mə-shĕt′ē, -chĕt′ē)n. A large heavy knife with a broad blade, used as a weapon and an implement for cutting vegetation.tr.v. ma·chet·ed, ma·chet·e·ing, ma·chet·es 1. To cut with a machete: macheted the undergrowth.2. To attack, wound, or kill with a machete.

[Spanish, diminutive of macho, sledge hammer, alteration of mazo, club, probably from maza, mallet, from Vulgar Latin *mattea, mace; see mace¹.]

machete

(məˈʃɛtɪ; -ˈtʃeɪ-) or

matchet

n (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a broad heavy knife used for cutting or as a weapon, esp in parts of Central and South America[C16 macheto, from Spanish machete, from macho club, perhaps from Vulgar Latin mattea (unattested) club]

ma•chet•e

(məˈʃɛt i, -ˈtʃɛt i)

n., pl. -chet•es. a heavy swordlike knife used as a cutting implement and weapon. [1825–35; < American Spanish, Sp, macho hammer « Vulgar Latin *mattea; see mace¹]

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Noun

machete - a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetationmatchet, pangaknife - a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

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Machete

machete

[mə′shed·ē or mə′ched·ē] (design engineering) A knife with a broad blade 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90 centimeters) long.

Machete

a long knife (more than 50 cm) used in most Latin American countries for cutting sugarcane (hence machetero, “cane chipper”) and for hacking paths in dense thickets. Machetes were used by Cuban insurgents as side arms in the wars of liberation from 1868 to 1878 and from 1895 to 1898 against the Spanish colonialists.

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noun a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation

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