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macintosh

1 American  
[mak-in-tosh] / ˈmæk ɪnˌtɒʃ /

noun

  1. a variant of mackintosh.


Macintosh 2 American  
[mak-in-tosh] / ˈmæk ɪnˌtɒʃ /

noun

  • Macintoshes
    plural
  1. Charles, 1766–1843, Scottish chemist, inventor, and manufacturer.


macintosh British  
/ ˈmækɪnˌtɒʃ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of mackintosh

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It’s called jaw thrust when the head is prepared for the macintosh blade.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021

But tonight, he refuses to take off his macintosh even as damp patches begin to spread across it.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2011

The chief lent me a boiler suit, for which I was insufficient, and added an old macintosh presently.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Edmund Blunden

He scrambled out on the first bank he came to, and he hopped home across the meadow with his macintosh all in tatters.

From The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter

Our equipment consisted of a very small brown-holland tent, macintosh floor-cloth and felt robes; besides this, each man had a bag of double blanketing, and a pair of fur boots, to sleep in.

From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Sir Francis Galton

It was built with the help of Jony Ive, the person who designed the look and feel of the Cupertino company’s iPhone, iPod and Macintosh through 2019.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Prosecutor Michael Macintosh said the messages indicated cash amounting to several hundred thousand pounds was collected.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Apple marketed the Macintosh as the "computer for the rest of us," but it was the iPhone that fulfilled that promise, said David Pogue, author of the recently released "Apple: The First 50 Years."

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

Raskin’s Macintosh team was working on building a much simpler and cheaper computer—but Jobs took over the project and kicked Raskin out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

The entire time I thought I was an invisible wallflower, I was intimidating to Hannah Macintosh?

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

Desktops running Windows dominated the market, but Apple’s Macintoshes stubbornly captured small but valuable market share.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2014

Also strong were classic Macintoshes and navy evening suits lined with horsehair for an extra-smooth fit.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2013

He spends his spare time repairing broken Macintoshes.

From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2010

The irony was fitting: in the first few years after the 1983 entry of Apple into Japan's $7 billion personal-computer market, its Macintoshes, unsold, were gathering dust on the shelves of computer shops in Japan.

From Time Magazine Archive

"How do you make an apple tree understand whether you want it to grow Baldwins or Macintoshes?"   gawked at him.

From A Feast of Demons by Joseph Samachson

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