Machete

/məˈʃɛ.ti/ · noun

Meaning

A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon..

Definitions by Sense

1. A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
2. A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.
3. (transitive) To cut or chop with a machete.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: (all sometimes or regionally synonymous) bolo, golok, panga, parang, sundang

It breaks loose one rope at a time, haphazardly, tossing the Filipinos up into the air. A boy with a machete cuts the one remaining line, which pops up and lashes him across the face.

After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.

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Word Forms

• machetes
• macheteing
• macheted

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