(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a publication with a paper cover which is issued regularly, usually every week or every month, and which contains articles, stories, photographs, and advertisements.
Her face is on the cover of a dozen or more ~s.
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2.
In an automatic gun, the ~ is the part that contains the bullets.
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