Definition of Magazine

Babylon English
magazine
n. printed publication which is issued at regular intervals; storehouse for ammunition, arsenal; compartment which holds a number of ammunition cartridges in certain automatic guns

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Magazine Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Magazine
(v. t.)
To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.
  
(n.)
The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.
  
(n.)
A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.
  
(n.)
A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.
  
(n.)
A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.
  

WordNet 2.0
magazine

Noun
1. a periodic paperback publication; "it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money"
(synonym) mag
(hypernym) press, public press
(hyponym) colour supplement
(part-meronym) center spread, centre spread
2. product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object; "tripped over a pile of magazines"
(hypernym) product, production
3. a business firm that publishes magazines; "he works for a magazine"
(synonym) magazine publisher
(hypernym) publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company
4. a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
(synonym) cartridge
(hypernym) supply chamber
(part-holonym) camera, photographic camera
5. a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
(synonym) powder store, powder magazine
(hypernym) storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store
6. a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
(synonym) cartridge holder, cartridge clip, clip
(hypernym) supply chamber
(hyponym) pincurl clip
(part-holonym) gun

hEnglish - advanced version
magazine

magazine
\mag`a*zine"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. magazined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. magazining.] to store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.
magazine
\mag`a*zine"\ (?), n. [f. magasin, it. magazzino, or sp. magacen, almagacen; all fr. ar. makhzan, almakhzan, a storehouse, granary, or cellar.]
1. a receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "armories and magazines."
2. the building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.
3. a chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.
4. a pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.
magazine
dress, clothing made chiefly of woolen, without anything metallic about it, to be worn in a powder magazine.
magazine
gun, a portable firearm, as a rifle, with a chamber carrying cartridges which are brought automatically into position for firing.
magazine
stove, a stove having a chamber for holding fuel which is supplied to the fire by some self-feeding process, as in the common base-burner.
magazine
\mag`a*zine"\, n. 1. a country or district especially rich in natural products.
2. a city viewed as a marketing center.
3. a reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
4. a store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
magazine
n
1. a periodic paperback publication; "it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money" [syn: mag]


2. product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object; "tripped over a pile of magazines"
3. a business firm that publishes magazines; "he works for a magazine" [syn: magazine publisher]


4. a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required [syn: cartridge]


5. a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored [syn: powder store, powder magazine ]


6. a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun [syn: cartridge holder, cartridge clip , clip]




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Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
magazine
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English Phonetics

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Greal
Greal = n. an aggregate of elements, a code; a collection; a magazine

Percell
Percell = n. a store, a magazine


Magazine Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

US Zip Codes
72943
State: ARKANSAS
City: MAGAZINE


Magazine Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries

maritime&shipping&trade
Magazine
A place where gunpowder is kept.


Magazine Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Cotton Textile Industry Glossary of Terms
MAGAZINE
A device which holds full BOBBINS of FILLING YARN and automatically inserts them, singly, into a SHUTTLE to replace depleted BOBBINS.


Magazine Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Phobia
Bibliophobia
Fear of books


Magazine Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, or both.

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