'Machete' definitions:

Definition of 'machete'

(from WordNet)
noun
A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation [syn: machete, matchet, panga]

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]