Magazine (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. 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.
  2. a room or place for keeping gunpowder and other explosives, as in a fort or on a warship.
  3. a building or place for keeping military stores, as arms, ammunition, or provisions.
  4. 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.
  5. Also called magazine show .Radio and Television.
    • 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.
  6. magazine section.
  7. cartridge (def. 4).
  8. a supply chamber, as in a stove.
  9. a storehouse; warehouse.
  10. a collection of war munitions.
noun
  1. a periodical paperback publication containing articles, fiction, photographs, etc
  2. a metal box or drum holding several cartridges used in some kinds of automatic firearms; it is removed and replaced when empty
  3. a building or compartment for storing weapons, explosives, military provisions, etc
  4. a stock of ammunition
  5. a device for continuously recharging a handling system, stove, or boiler with solid fuel
  6. photog another name for cartridge (def. 5)
  7. a rack for automatically feeding a number of slides through a projector
  8. a TV or radio programme made up of a series of short nonfiction items
Magazine (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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