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matchet

Meaning of "matchet" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MATCHET

ˈmætʃət


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MATCHET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Matchet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MATCHET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Machete

A machete is a large cleaver-like knife. The blade is typically 32.5 to 45 centimetres long and usually under 3 millimetres thick. In the Spanish language, the word is a diminutive form of the word macho, which means male or strong and was used to refer to sledgehammers. In the English language, an equivalent term is matchet, though it is less commonly known. In the English-speaking Caribbean, such as Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Grenada and in Trinidad and Tobago, the term "cutlass" is used for these agricultural tools.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MATCHET

Blanchett · cushat

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MATCHET

match-fixing · match-funding · match-winner · matchable · matchboard · matchbook · matchbox · matched sample · matched-pairs design · matcher · matching · matchless · matchlessly · matchlessness · matchlock · matchmake · matchmaker · matchmaking · matchmark · matchplay

WORDS THAT END LIKE MATCHET

brachet · bratchet · bury the hatchet · cachet · carriwitchet · claw hatchet · crochet · crotchet · fitchet · guichet · hatchet · latchet · Pinochet · planchet · ratchet · ricochet · rochet · sachet · trebuchet · watchet

Synonyms and antonyms of matchet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «matchet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MATCHET

Find out the translation of matchet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of matchet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «matchet» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

matchet
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

machete
570 millions of speakers
en

English

matchet
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

matchet
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

matchet
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

matchet
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

matchet
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

matchet
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

machette
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Matchet
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

matchet
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

matchet
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

matchet
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mateng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

matchet
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

matchet
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मॅटचेट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

matchet
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

matchet
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

matchet
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

matchet
40 millions of speakers
ro

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matchet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

matchet
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

matchet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

matchet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

matchet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of matchet

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MATCHET»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of matchet
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about matchet

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATCHET»

Discover the use of matchet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to matchet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Suffolk Stud-book: A Register of the County Breed of ...
g. g. g. dam Matchet 3rd 1505 by Duke of Hamilton's Statesman 657. g. g. g. g. dam Matchet 2nd 181 by Capon's Conqueror 247. g. g. g. g. g. dam Brag 175 by Capon's Conqueror 260. g. g. g. g. g. g. dam Depper by Capon's Duke 261.
Suffolk Horse Society, 1908
2
The Church Heraldry of Norfolk: pt. I. Hundreds of Earsham, ...
Slabs in the Nave. V. Per saltire, on a fesse three fleurs-de-lis (Matchet or Machet , Per saltire, azure and or, on a fesse gules three fleurs-de-lis of the first.— Bl. Norf. v. 213.) Crest: A demi-lion. For Robert Machet, who died February 20th, 1759, ...
Edmund Farrer, 1887
3
The State records of North Carolina
Matchepungo, salt at, 1. 866. Indian troubles at, 2. 29, 45. Matchepungo Bluff, 1. 629. Matchet, Edwd., army rank, 16. 1115. Matchet, Edward, estate secreted, 6. 1012. Matchet, Ed., in militia, 22. 330. Matchet, John, asks letters of administration, ...
North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, 1911
4
African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance
Every close friend of the farmer grieves, the matchet is “blunt with grief”, and is lying with neglect, already “fraught with fungi.” Places where last year, “Yam raised a song and cassava caught the tune‚” “Now revel weeds . . .” Everyone of the ...
Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, 2010
5
The Shining Ones
And next Saturday, you will be onthe matchet parade.” My heart sank. This would be my first matchet parade, but I had already seen the amountof punitive grasscutting thatit signified.There was grasscutting ofthe almostleisurely housework ...
Chike Momah, 2010
6
Mister Johnson
Under the cliff of foliage at the blind end of the road, twenty axe and matchet men are chopping and singing; behind them forty hoe-men, stooped double, are walking backwards, swinging their enormous two-handled hoes in time to the band ...
Joyce Cary, 2012
7
The Silent House: A Chronicle of Aglirta
Matchet sighed in exasperation. "You goldsmiths look down your long noses at everyone, and see all as some sort of tapestry spread out before you, with folk of Darsar but ants scurrying about it. Tis all flows of coins and the doings of countries ...
Ed Greenwood, 2005
8
The International Exhibition of 1862
RBI? John. Manufactory of sounding-boards. sieve~hoops, and matchet-sticks. Kuschwarda, Bohemia. Sounding-boards, Matchet-sticks, Pencil-casings, Sieve- hoops, pestled soft and hard Shavings, Frames, Covers, Pianoforte-key-wood.
Anonymous, Cambridge University Press, 2014
9
End of Upsetting Games
Like a wife, a man needs only one matchet. I like T. M. Aluko. He is a wise man. I have never seen a man with more than one matchet. And every man I know has only one wife.” After the short monologue,Jacob turned to Nikita. “What do you ...
Lucien Nzeyimana, 2014
10
The oral artist
He was told by the diviner to go with his matchet and kill the two children, himself, with his own hands. When the man went home, he sharpened his matchet. He called his children. He said to them: "Muriria and Nyarukwa, come here.
Wanjiku M. Kabira, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATCHET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term matchet is used in the context of the following news items.
1
APC Chairmanship Candidate In Ogun Escapes Death
They were fully armed as they came with dangerous weapons like guns, iron rod, acid, matchet and others,which they were wielding to us. Only God saved us. «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
2
Court Sentence Houseboy To Death For Killing His Former Boss
Idah killed his former boss, who was 65-years, at her residence in Laderin Housing Estate with a matchet and slaughtered her on the 28th of March, 2014. «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
3
Gunmen Kill Traditional Ruler, 3 Others In Enugu
... killing their traditional ruler Igwe P.A Onuoha, Ejike Udeme Uzor, Evelyn Udeme Uzor, Daniel Ogbu inflicting several matchet cuts on their ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
4
Suspected Assassins Murder Iyaloja Of Ijebuland
... six in number, stormed her residence around few minutes past three in the afternoon and struck her on the head with a matchet, leaving her in a pool of blood. «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
5
Woman found murdered
She bore injury marks, suspected to have been made by a matchet on face, neck, leg and right hand. The woman is suspected to have been ... «E-Pao.net, Jun 15»
6
Plateau: 26 killed, 45 houses burnt in Boko Haram attack
... village, they set every house ablaze and if the occupants of the house try to escape they are either shot dead or hacked down with matchet. «The Nation Newspaper, May 15»
7
Thank God this is our finest hour
... I deserve to be able to disarm dis cerebral “okwomma” of its sharp matchet. Nnanyi Nwayoo! Dr Chuka Nwosu chukanwosu@yahoo.com. «Daily Sun, May 15»
8
One-time doormat Freeburg enjoying life at the top
Matchet, a speedball out of the leadoff spot in the batting order, went 4-for-4 with four infield singles. Homann had three hits and drove in four ... «STLtoday.com, May 15»
9
The Presidency Persecuted Me Because Of Ibori — Uduaghan
What killed Ikemefuna was not the injury Okonkwo inflicted on him but the fact that the person that delivered the matchet stroke, that is Okonkwo ... «The Guardian Nigeria, May 15»
10
Man butchers father to death in Enugu
A village source hinted that Chijioke had returned home on the ill-fated day and descended on his father with a matchet, giving him several cuts ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Apr 15»
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