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MacBook

MacBook noun: a MacBook-brand notebook computer, manufactured by Apple Computer.

macbook: a MacBook-brand notebook computer, manufactured by Apple Computer
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Noun (1)

MacBook (plural MacBooks)

  1. A MacBook-brand notebook computer, manufactured by Apple Computer.
    • Hooo, boy! Sometimes I just can't let things rest. I have the new MacBook Pro.2006, Maria Langer, Miraz Jordan, WordPress 2, page 135
    • The faux hippie dude working on his top-of-the-line seventeen-inch MacBook Pro looked way annoyed.2007, Paul Ruditis, Everyone's a Critic, Simon and Schuster,, →ISBN, page 52

Noun (2) capitalized: Macbook

Macbook (plural Macbooks)

  1. (nonstandard) Nonstandard form of MacBook.

Examples of MacBook in a sentence

  • In Bayard's nonreading utopia the printing press would never have been invented, let alone penicillin or the MacBook.2007 November 11, Jay McInerney, “Faking It”, in New York Times:
  • I felt like such a wimp, sitting there with my MacBook and a 2 percent, decaf latte.2008, Stephen James, David Thomas, How to Hit a Curve Ball, Grill the Perfect Steak, and Become a Real Man, Tyndale House Publishers...

Forms of MacBook

pluralMacBooks
pluralMacbooks
alternative form (nonstandard)Macbook

Origin of MacBook

A trademark; apparently a blend of Macintosh + notebook.

Questions about MacBook

What does MacBook mean?
MacBook means a MacBook-brand notebook computer, manufactured by Apple Computer.
How do you use MacBook in a sentence?
In Bayard's nonreading utopia the printing press would never have been invented, let alone penicillin or the MacBook.
What part of speech is MacBook?
MacBook is a noun.
What is the plural of MacBook?
The plural of MacBook is MacBooks.

Words near MacBook in the dictionary

  1. Macbeth charts
  2. Macbeth trap
  3. Macbeth traps
  4. Macbethan
  5. Macbethian
  6. MacBook
  7. MacBooks
  8. MACC
  9. Macc.
  10. Macca
  11. Macca's

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