'Machete' definitions:
Definition of 'machete'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Machete'
From: GCIDE
- Machete \Ma*che"te\ (m[.a]*sh[e^]t"[-e]; Sp. m[.a]*ch[=a]"t[asl]), 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.
- Syn: matchet. [1913 Webster] Machiavelian
Definition of 'machete'
From: GCIDE
- matchet \matchet\ n. a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation; usually called machete.
- Syn: machete, panga. [WordNet 1.5]