Machete

n.

1.

A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, - used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes.

Noun

1.

machete - a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation Synonyms: matchet, panga

knife, matchet, panga