Machete

[mə'ʃɛti]

Definition

(noun.) a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.

Edited by Andrea--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Typed by Aileen

Definition

n. a heavy knife or cutlass used by the Cubans &c.

Checker: Scott