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matchet

matchet noun: machete.

Noun

matchet (plural matchets)

  1. machete
    • Guns were fired on all sides and sparks flew out as matchets clanged together in warriors’ salutes.1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Penguin (2010), page 116

matchet meaning in Tamil

matchet in Tamil

வெட்டுக்கத்தி

Forms of matchet

pluralmatchets

Questions about matchet

What does matchet mean?
Matchet means machete.
What is matchet in Tamil?
Matchet in Tamil is வெட்டுக்கத்தி. See Matchet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is matchet?
Matchet is a noun.
What is the plural of matchet?
The plural of matchet is matchets.

Words near matchet in the dictionary

  1. matches beat for beat
  2. matches made in heaven
  3. matches made in hell
  4. matches up
  5. matchest
  6. matchet
  7. matcheth
  8. matchets
  9. Matchett
  10. Matchetts
  11. matchflare

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matchet (page history and authors); matchet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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