MAGAZINE


Meaning of MAGAZINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈma-gə-ˌzēn, ˌma-gə-ˈ ]

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 : 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) 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 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.