mac

noun

informal

: macaroni

—usually used in the phrases mac and cheese and mac {apos}n{apos} cheese

For those tired of seafood—it happens—a homey mac and cheese was the comfort food for the day.

—Sam Gugino

Dear Barbecue Joint: You make amazing mac 'n' cheese … but must you add crumbled bacon?

—Julie R. Smith

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mac

• ack
• brack
• clack
• crack
• dak
• flack
• flak
• hack
• jack
• knack
• lac
• lack

Medical Definition

mac

1 of 2 abbreviation

macerate

MAC

2 of 2 abbreviation

1

maximum allowable concentration

2

Mycobacterium avium complex