— magazinish, magaziny , adj.
/mag'euh zeen", mag"euh zeen'/ , n.
1. a publication that is issued periodically, usually bound in a paper cover, and typically contains essays, stories, poems, etc., by many writers, and often photographs and drawings, frequently specializing in a particular subject or area, as hobbies, news, or sports.
2. a room or place for keeping gunpowder and other explosives, as in a fort or on a warship.
3. a building or place for keeping military stores, as arms, ammunition, or provisions.
4. a metal receptacle for a number of cartridges, inserted into certain types of automatic weapons and when empty removed and replaced by a full receptacle in order to continue firing.
5. Also called magazine show . Radio and Television.
a. Also called newsmagazine . a regularly scheduled news program consisting of several short segments in which various subjects of current interest are examined, usually in greater detail than on a regular newscast.
b. a program with a varied format that combines interviews, commentary, entertainment, etc.
6. See magazine section .
7. Photog. cartridge (def. 4).
8. a supply chamber, as in a stove.
9. a storehouse; warehouse.
10. a collection of war munitions.
[ 1575-85; magasin magazzino storehouse makhazin, pl. of makhzan storehouse; in E figuratively, as "storehouse of information," used in book titles (from c1640) and periodical titles (in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1731) ]