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Machete vs Machetelike - What's the difference?

machete | machetelike |

As a noun machete

is machete.

As an adjective machetelike is

resembling or characteristic of a machete.

machete

English

(wikipedia machete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion. A machete's blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters (cm) long, and up to three millimeters (mm) thick.

    • Synonyms

    * bolo

    See also

    * bolo * cleaver * golok (Indonesian) * knife * hatchet * parang

    Verb

    (machet)
  • 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.
  • 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.
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    machetelike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a machete.