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Definition of Machete

1. Noun. A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.

Definition of Machete

1. n. 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.

Definition of Machete

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Verb. To cut or chop with a machete. ¹

3. Verb. To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Machete

1. a large, heavy knife [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Machete

Literary usage of Machete

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pictorial History of Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom: A Thrilling by Trumbull White (1898)
"DESPERATE BATTLES WITH machete AND RIFLE. The Sword of Cuba—Battle Cry of ... The machete is the sword of the Cuban soldier, and it will be famous forever. ..."

2. United States in War with Spain and the History of Cuba: A Thrilling Account by Trumbull White (1898)
"DESPERATE BATTLES WITH machete AND RIFLE. The Sword of Cuba—Battle Cry of ... The machete is the sword of the Cuban soldier, and it will be famous forever. ..."

3. The Story of Cuba: Her Struggles for Liberty: The Cause, Crisis and Destiny by Murat Halstead (1897)
"... General Weyler Interviewed and Defends his Policy—Too Much Attention to Wild Stories—Brutalities of Bandits—The machete the Sword of Cuba. ..."

4. Santo Domingo, Past and Present: With a Glance at Hayti by Samuel Hazard (1873)
"... and they dreaded the machete of the Dominican soldiers, a sort of sword with which all Dominicans of the lower ranks are armed, whether they are ..."

5. The Two Americas by Rafael Reyes (1914)
"To penetrate these unknown forests we opened roads with a machete through brambles, briars and creepers which obstructed our passage. ..."

6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1905)
"trees and shrubs, sometimes so closely grown together that it is impossible to make a passage without constant resort to the machete. The general height of ..."

7. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1905)
"trees and shrubs, sometimes so closely grown together that it is impossible to make a passage without constant resort to the machete. The general height of ..."

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