magazine
a publication that is issued periodically, usually bound in a paper cover, and typically contains essays, stories, poems, etc., by many writers, and often photographs and drawings, frequently specializing in a particular subject or area, as hobbies, news, or sports.
a room or place for keeping gunpowder and other explosives, as in a fort or on a warship.
a building or place for keeping military stores, as arms, ammunition, or provisions.
a metal receptacle for a number of cartridges, inserted into certain types of automatic weapons and when empty removed and replaced by a full receptacle in order to continue firing.
Also called magazine show .Radio and Television.
Also called newsmagazine. a regularly scheduled news program consisting of several short segments in which various subjects of current interest are examined, usually in greater detail than on a regular newscast.
a program with a varied format that combines interviews, commentary, entertainment, etc.
Photography. cartridge (def. 4).
a supply chamber, as in a stove.
a storehouse; warehouse.
a collection of war munitions.
Origin of magazine
1Other words from magazine
- mag·a·zin·ish, mag·a·zin·y, adjective
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How to use magazine in a sentence
I have written one to Godwin, but the mediocrity of the eight first lines is most miserably magazinish!
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2) | Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British Dictionary definitions for magazine
/ (ˌmæɡəˈziːn) /
a periodical paperback publication containing articles, fiction, photographs, etc
a metal box or drum holding several cartridges used in some kinds of automatic firearms; it is removed and replaced when empty
a building or compartment for storing weapons, explosives, military provisions, etc
a stock of ammunition
a device for continuously recharging a handling system, stove, or boiler with solid fuel
photog another name for cartridge (def. 5)
a rack for automatically feeding a number of slides through a projector
a TV or radio programme made up of a series of short nonfiction items
Origin of magazine
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