bolo knife

1. 1.

   long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin

   Synonymsbolo

   Broaderknife

Questions about bolo knife

What does bolo knife mean?

bolo knife means "long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin".

What is another word for bolo knife?

Close synonyms include bolo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bolo knife a common word?

bolo knife is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.