About The Word Machete
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Machete
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What's The Definition Of Machete?
[n] a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
Synonyms | Synonyms for Machete: matchet | panga Related Terms | Find terms related to Machete: See Also | knife Machete In Webster's Dictionary \Ma*che"te\, n. [Sp.]
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.
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