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
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
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
