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Machete


Ma-che′te

(mȧ-shĕt′ē̍; Sp. mȧ-chā′tā̍)
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Noun.
[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.

Syn. – matchet.

Definition 2024


Machete

Machete

See also: machete

German

Noun

Machete f (genitive Machete, plural Macheten)

  1. machete

machete

machete

See also: Machete

English

a machete

Noun

machete (plural machetes)

  1. A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion. A machete's blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters (cm) long, and up to three millimeters (mm) thick.

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Verb

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

  1. To cut or chop with a machete.
    After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.
  2. To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.
    You can't just machete about with a rapier and expect to succeed; you need to thrust properly.

Finnish

Noun

machete

  1. machete

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Italian

Noun

machete m (invariable)

  1. machete

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish machete

Noun

machete m (definite singular macheten, indefinite plural macheter, definite plural machetene)

  1. a machete

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Spanish machete

Noun

machete m (definite singular macheten, indefinite plural machetar, definite plural machetane)

  1. a machete

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Spanish

Etymology

macho + -ete

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈtʃe.te/

Noun

machete m (plural machetes)

  1. machete
  2. mediocre method for obtaining somewhat accurate results; shortcut