MAGAZINE

magazine, powder store, powder magazine

(noun) a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored

magazine

(noun) product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object; “tripped over a pile of magazines”

magazine, cartridge

(noun) a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required

magazine, mag

(noun) a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it; “it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money”

magazine, magazine publisher

(noun) a business firm that publishes magazines; “he works for a magazine”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

magazine (plural magazines)

A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.

An ammunition storehouse.

A chamber in a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.

A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.

(dated) A country or district especially rich in natural products.

(dated) A city viewed as a marketing center.

(dated) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.

Source: Wiktionary

Mag`a*zine", n. Etym: [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." Milton.

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.

Mag`a*zine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Magazined; p. pr. & vb. n. Magazining.]

Definition: To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition