[mag.a.zine] n [MF, fr. OProv, fr. Ar makhazin, pl. of makhzan storehouse] (1583) 1: a place where goods or supplies are stored: warehouse
2: a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship
3: 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) often illustrated b: a similar section of a newspaper usu. appearing on Sunday c: a radio or television program presenting usu. several short segments on a variety of topics
5: 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