MACKINTOSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mackintosh mean? 

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

1. a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric

2. a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric

  Familiarity information: MACKINTOSH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACKINTOSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

macintosh; mackintosh

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

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

Holonyms ("mackintosh" 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 ("mackintosh" is a kind of...):

raincoat; waterproof (a water-resistant coat)

Meronyms (substance of "mackintosh"):

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 "mackintosh"):

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

 Context examples 

She begged him to remain at home, as she could hear the rain pattering against the window, but in spite of her entreaties he pulled on his large mackintosh and left the house.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)