magazine
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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.
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a room or place for keeping gunpowder and other explosives, as in a fort or on a warship.
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a building or place for keeping military stores, as arms, ammunition, or provisions.
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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.
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Also called magazine show. Radio and Television.
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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.
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a program with a varied format that combines interviews, commentary, entertainment, etc.
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Photography. cartridge.
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a supply chamber, as in a stove.
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a storehouse; warehouse.
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a collection of war munitions.
noun
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a periodical paperback publication containing articles, fiction, photographs, etc
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a metal box or drum holding several cartridges used in some kinds of automatic firearms; it is removed and replaced when empty
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a building or compartment for storing weapons, explosives, military provisions, etc
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a stock of ammunition
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a device for continuously recharging a handling system, stove, or boiler with solid fuel
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photog another name for cartridge
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a rack for automatically feeding a number of slides through a projector
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a TV or radio programme made up of a series of short nonfiction items
Other Word Forms
- magazinish adjective
- magaziny adjective
Etymology
Origin of magazine
First recorded in 1575–85; from French magasin, from Italian magazzino “warehouse, depot” from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan “storehouse”; in English figuratively, as “storehouse of information,” used in book titles (from c1640) and periodical titles (in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1731)
Example Sentences
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They have posted images of workers spraying chemicals and used artificial intelligence to make illustrations resembling movie posters and old-fashioned magazine ads, some with surfers under the slogan “Endless Herbicides.”
From Los Angeles Times
The precise size of the U.S. stock of air-defense interceptors—what the Pentagon calls magazine depth—is classified.
He recalled paying about $70,000 for a full-page ad in a travel magazine and getting three phone calls.
There was more upheaval last week at the news magazine, when “60 Minutes” correspondent and CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper announced that he’d be leaving to spend more time with his family.
From Los Angeles Times
A vintage magazine ad boasts of the studio’s high-end gear as well as its “large screen video lounge” and “a playroom with pong, pinball and bumper pool.”
From Los Angeles Times
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