Main Entry:: mag·a·zine
Pronunciation:: \ˈma-gə-ˌzēn, ˌma-gə-ˈ\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle French, from Old Occitan, from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse
Date:: 1583

1: a place where goods or supplies are stored : warehouse2: a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship3: the contents of a magazine: as a: an accumulation of munitions of war b: a stock of provisions or goods 4 a: a periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (as articles, stories, poems) and often illustrated ; also : such a periodical published online b: a similar section of a newspaper usually appearing on Sunday c: a radio or television program presenting usually several short segments on a variety of topics5: a supply chamber: as a: a holder in or on a gun for cartridges to be fed into the gun chamber b: a lightproof chamber for films or plates on a camera or for film on a motion-picture projector

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