magazine
Meanings
Plural: magazines
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"
- product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
- "tripped over a pile of magazines"
- a business firm that publishes magazines
- "he works for a magazine"
- a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
- a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
- A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
- A radio or television show where each episode comprises a variety of features or segments, akin to the format of a print magazine.
- An ammunition storehouse.
- An ammunition storehouse.
- The portion of a warship where munitions are stored.
- A chamber in or attachable to 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.
- A country or district especially rich in natural products.
- A city viewed as a marketing center.
- A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
- A collection of Teletext pages.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English magasyne, from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). First attested in the 1580s.
Synonyms
cartridge, cartridge clip, cartridge holder, clip, mag, magazine publisher, powder magazine, powder store
Scrabble Score: 20
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