macintosh

IPA: mˈækʌntɔʃ

Root Word: Macintosh

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
(computing) A brand of personal computer manufactured by Apple Inc.
A surname.
(Britain) Alternative form of mackintosh (“a raincoat”) [A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.]

Examples of "macintosh" in Sentences

We know we would wear a macintosh in the rain instead of a raincoat.
It seem to be the current top of the crop for netbooks (ignoring macintosh).
Even then, it was easier and cheaper to animate digitally on borrowed macintosh systems.
The only thing accurate about the article is that the G1 is to pc what macintosh is to Iphone.
Suddenly today the 2 managed computers have an additional 'macintosh' computer showing up in the sidebar.
So until they release a new edition that replaces "macintosh" with "raincoat" and explains that a tam-o-shanter is a woolen scotting cap with a pompom in the middle, I would steer clear of
And it naturally takes shortcuts to do these categorizations: a red round thing on the table is an apple, fiji, macintosh or not, and an orange round thing is an orange, mandarin, navel or not.