Get to know Machete better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like matchet or panga.
Machete meaning
- A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
- A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.
Using Machete
- The main meaning on this page is: A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon. | A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.
- Useful related words include: matchet, panga, knife.
- In the example corpus, machete often appears in combinations such as: with machete, the machete, machete and.
Context around Machete
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Machete
- In this selection, "machete" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, good, inch, sharpen, wielding, itself and down stand out and add context to how "machete" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 19 inch machete in preston and a good machete. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "machete" sits close to words such as aleksandr, anecdotes and annum, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with machete
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hollywood was handed a machete or zombie knife by Coates. (10 words)
Diedrich was arrested without incident, and troopers recovered the machete at the scene. (13 words)
He also brandished a machete at a man and chased him down the street. (14 words)
Another incident cited by Bitton took place during Hanukkah in December 2019, when a machete-wielding man broke into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey, N.Y., and wounded five men, one of whom later died. (38 words)
A short time later, the officers re-engaged with Crisis Negotiation Tactics and were able to convince him to put the machete down and exit the yard where he was taken into custody without further incident. (36 words)
A search was then carried out of the nearby area, which led to a machete being recovered, and the arrest of a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of possession of a knife in public. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
One of the girls was to later tell police that one of the accused killers 'regularly carried a machete’ and had a machete with him on the day of the killing.
Both the materials used and the shape of the machete itself are important to make a good machete.
A 17-year-old has been charged after being found with a 19-inch machete in Preston.
A father in court for taking a machete with him to an argument told police he had been using it to cut down stinging nettles.
Another incident cited by Bitton took place during Hanukkah in December 2019, when a machete-wielding man broke into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey, N.Y., and wounded five men, one of whom later died.
A search was then carried out of the nearby area, which led to a machete being recovered, and the arrest of a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of possession of a knife in public.
A short time later, the officers re-engaged with Crisis Negotiation Tactics and were able to convince him to put the machete down and exit the yard where he was taken into custody without further incident.
At 1.34am on February 24, Jones and another male arrived at Mr Wilson’s address; he was armed with a machete, and his associate with a “BB gun”.
At the trial prosecutors said Waddell had been "constantly carrying knives from the age of 12" after experiencing years of violence and abuse, including an attack by his father with a machete.
A Winnipeg police officer was punched in the face while trying to take a man into custody who was carrying a machete.
Calls for an "Operasyon File Manchet" (Operation Sharpen Machete) began to circulate on social media in Haiti on April 25. Some evangelical churches also spread the message.
Diedrich was arrested without incident, and troopers recovered the machete at the scene.
During last year's New Year's Eve party, a machete-wielding man attacked three police officers a few blocks from Times Square.
Five kitchen knives, two hunting knives and a machete were also located in the car park by Police.
He also admitted breaching the court orders but an allegation that he produced a machete, locked the door and refused to let the woman leave her flat was dropped.
He also brandished a machete at a man and chased him down the street.
He said Mr Hammett attacked Mr Quigley while Joshua Howell chased his friends away with a machete-type knife.
He was subsequently threatened with a large machete at which point he handed the bike over.
Holding a machete, McKeegans again told his victim he was going to stab him.
Hollywood was handed a machete or zombie knife by Coates.
Common combinations with machete
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- with machete 46×
- the machete 29×
- machete and 22×
- and machete 13×
- machete in 10×
- machete to 8×
- machete attack 7×
- machete at 5×
- machete was 4×
- wielding machete 4×