machetes

Meaning of machetes

noun

A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.

verb
  1. To cut or chop with a machete.
    After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.
  2. To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.
    You can't just machete about with a rapier and expect to succeed; you need to thrust properly.

Information about machetes

Hyphenation of machetes

ma-chetes

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • machetes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

machetes synonyms

Meaning :

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