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A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
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matchet
Word definitions for matchet in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation [syn: machete , panga ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. machete
Usage examples of matchet.
Go to the common room and get my old matchet off the wall and bring it back.
Booce used a branchwood matchet to open a hole in one of the honeypots.
Booce attacked the first pod gingerly, hacking at the stem with the matchet, flinching back at each blow.
They broiled smaller steaks on their matchets, closer to the fire, and ate them still hot.
They broiled smaller steaks on their matchets, closer to the fire, and ate them still hot.