Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French magasin (warehouse, store), from Italian magazzino (storehouse), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازÙن or maḵÄzin, plural of مَخْزَن or maḵzan (storeroom, storehouse), noun of place from خَزَنَ or ḵazana, (to store, to stock, to lay up).
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.
- (nautical) The portion of a warship where munitions are stored.
- The cruiser blew up when a shell hit its magazine.
- (nautical) 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.
Derived terms
- e-magazine
- newsmagazine
- pulp magazine
- trade magazine
- zine
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