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Word: Magazine
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century: from French magasin, from Italian magazzino, from Arabic maḵzin, maḵzan ‘storehouse’, from ḵazana ‘store up’. The term originally meant ‘store’ and was often used from the mid 17th century in the title of books providing information useful to particular groups of people, whence magazine (sense 1) (mid 18th century). magazine (sense 3), a contemporary specialization of the original meaning, gave rise to magazine (sense 2) in the mid 18th century
maɡəˈziːn
a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations, often on a particular subject or aimed at a particular readership
Short Definition:publication
Examples:- a women's weekly magazine
a container or detachable receptacle for holding a supply of cartridges to be fed automatically to the breech of a gun
Short Definition:part of gun
Examples:- he took the machine gun and a spare magazine
a store for arms, ammunition, and explosives for military use.
Short Definition:store for ammunition etc.
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