MACHETE

machete, matchet, panga

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

machete (plural machetes)

A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.

Synonyms

• bolo

• sundang

Verb

machete (third-person singular simple present machetes, present participle macheteing or macheting, simple past and past participle macheted)

To cut or chop with a machete.

To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.

Anagrams

• meetcha

Source: Wiktionary


Ma*che"te, n. Etym: [Sp.]

Definition: A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes. J. Stevens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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