MACINTOSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does macintosh mean? 

• MACINTOSH (noun)
  The noun MACINTOSH has 2 senses:

1. a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric

2. a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric

  Familiarity information: MACINTOSH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACINTOSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

macintosh; mackintosh

Hypernyms ("macintosh" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Holonyms ("macintosh" is a substance of...):

mac; macintosh; mack; mackintosh (a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mac; macintosh; mack; mackintosh

Hypernyms ("macintosh" is a kind of...):

raincoat; waterproof (a water-resistant coat)

Meronyms (substance of "macintosh"):

macintosh; mackintosh (a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "macintosh"):

oilskin; slicker (a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof)