English-Finnish translations for machete

• viidakkoveitsi

Definition of machete

• A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick
• To cut or chop with a machete
• To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete

Examples

• After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.
• You cant just machete about with a rapier and expect to succeed; you need to thrust properly.

Related words

• mache
• mâche
• papier-mâché
• macher
• stomacher
• Schumacher
• Nicomachean
• Andromache
• Grevenmacher