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
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.
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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.
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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
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
