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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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