matchet

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noun

machete

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machetepanga
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounmatchet (plural matchets)

plural matchets

  1. machete

    Guns were fired on all sides and sparks flew out as matchets clanged together in warriors’ salutes.

    1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Penguin (2010), page 116

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation

Similar
machetepanga
Broader
knife
Also see
machetepanga

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

matchet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matchet

MLA

“matchet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matchet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “matchet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matchet.

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