magazine

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A regular publication with articles, stories, and pictures on paper or online.

   She reads a fashion magazine every month to keep up with the trends.

2. 2
   noun

   The part of a gun that holds the bullets.

   The soldier loaded a fresh magazine into his rifle.

3. 3
   noun

   A building or room where weapons and ammunition are stored.

   The fort kept its gunpowder in a separate stone magazine.

Etymology tree Arabic خَزَنَ (ḵazana)der. Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan) Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin)bor. Italian magazzinoder. Middle French magasinder. Middle English magasyne English magazine 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.

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