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1. (n.) machete
a heavy swordlike knife used as a cutting implement and weapon.
Etymology: (1825–35; < AmerSp, Sp, macho hammer &indirdesc; VL *mattea; see mace1)
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1. (noun) machete, matchet, panga
a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
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1. (noun) machete
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
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