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magazine
[ mag-uh-zeen, mag-uh-zeen ]
noun
- 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.
magazine
/ ˌmæɡəˈziːn /
noun
- 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
- 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
Other Words From
- maga·zinish maga·ziny adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of magazine1
Word History and Origins
Origin of magazine1
Example Sentences
Charlie makes her own decorations, and this year she's created a Christmas tree out of a magazine, as well as "stars out of toilet rolls, all that kind of thing".
Teen magazine tips on "how to secretly have a poo without your boyfriend knowing" had a lasting impression on Jen Moore.
The story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a model who became a war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
The president-elect’s own take on the potential for Musk’s self-dealing wasn’t any more reassuring when Time raised the issue in its interview after it designated him the magazine’s “Person of the Year.”
Time magazine: "It's no exaggeration that this is an album haunted by death, so it's almost ironic that, musically speaking, there hasn't been this much life in The Cure for decades."
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