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

In three days time, Nashville Police launched investigations into two separate machete attacks. —Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025

Police started searching the area near South Clay Street and North Drive and found a man carrying a machete and commanded him to drop it, the department said in a news release. —Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025

While the winning tribe, Hina, gets flint, a pot, and a machete, the two losing tribes must now choose one representative to go fight for their supplies. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025

When the man didn't put down the machete and let go of the child, an officer shot him. —Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025

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