machete

noun

ma·​chete mə-ˈshe-tē 

-ˈche-;

-ˈshet

: a large heavy knife used for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon

Examples of machete in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37, was arrested in September 2025 in the beheading death of Chandra Nagamallaiah using a machete, Dallas police have said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

One of the men who believed the boyfriend had tossed the bottle pulled out a machete and stabbed a relative of the couple. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

The murder weapon, a machete, was recovered at the scene, police said. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026

Three Arkansas State Park Rangers who shot and killed a machete-wielding man at a Roland residence in May acted lawfully, the prosecuting attorney for the Sixth Judicial District determined. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

Spanish

First Known Use

1575, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for machete

• agree
• allee
• banshee
• beastly
• bibi
• bowsprit
• carefree
• cerci
• chablis
• cowpea
• crappie
• crappy

Kids Definition

machete

noun

ma·​chete mə-ˈshet-ē 

-ˈchet-ē;

mə-ˈshet

: a large heavy knife used especially for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon