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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation;
[syn: machete, matchet, panga]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

machete n 1: a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation [syn: machete, matchet, panga]