magazine

noun

mag·​a·​zine ˈma-gə-ˌzēn 

ˌma-gə-ˈzēn

1

a

: a print periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (such as articles, stories, poems) and often illustrated

a fashion magazine

a gardening magazine

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

2

: a place where goods or supplies are stored : warehouse

3

: a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship

4

: the contents of a magazine: such as

a

: an accumulation of munitions (see munition sense 2) of war

b

: a stock of provisions (see provision entry 1 sense 2) or goods

5

: a supply chamber: such as

a

: a holder in or on a gun for cartridges (see cartridge sense 1) 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

Synonyms

• depository
• depot
• repository
• storage
• storehouse
• warehouse

Examples of magazine in a Sentence

She subscribes to several gardening magazines.

the village kept a magazine where people left common supplies

Recent Examples on the Web

The converted barn, looking like something from a magazine editorial, is set on 6.5 wooded acres in the rural hamlet of Accord, New York, part of the scenic greater Catskills region. —Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2024

The inspiration for the piece came down to it being fun enough for a teen, but something a 30-year-old successful magazine editor could afford. —Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024

Trump would leak details of the show to the magazine, which in turn would run stories on the contestants. —Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Apr. 2024

Esquire magazine's In Transit show called it a must. —The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2024

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However, only a small portion has been examined, as researchers first ventured into the cavern’s depths in 2021, as Smithsonian magazine’s Isis Davis-Marks wrote at the time. —Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024

Sundial Media Group owns Essence magazine and Essence Ventures, a venture capital firm that makes investments in culture and lifestyle outlets for women of color. —Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024

To camouflage the purpose of the deal, the contract guaranteed that American Media would put her on two magazine covers and have the right to publish fitness columns by her. —Michael Rothfeld, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from Old Occitan, from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Phrases Containing magazine

• little magazine

Kids Definition

magazine

noun

mag·​a·​zine ˈmag-ə-ˌzēn 

ˌmag-ə-ˈzēn

1

: a storehouse or warehouse especially for military supplies

2

: a place for keeping explosives in a fort or ship

3

: a publication containing different pieces (as stories, articles, or poems) and issued at regular intervals (as weekly or monthly)

4

: a supply chamber: as

a

: a container in a gun for holding cartridges

b

: a container for film on a camera or motion-picture projector

Etymology

from early French magazine "storehouse, warehouse," derived from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan "storehouse, granary, cellar"

Word Origin

Magazine originally meant "storehouse" or "granary" or "cellar." It came into an early French dialect and then English from the Arabic word makhzan (plural makhāzin). Makhzan had all these meanings. In military and naval use magazine came to mean a storage place for gunpowder or weapons or a place on a warship where the powder was kept. Later it came to mean either a place where valuable things were stored or the stored things themselves. A new sense of magazine appeared in 1731 with the first issue of a monthly publication called The Gentleman's Magazine, a collection or storehouse of short stories and articles about things of interest to the general reader. This use of magazine caught on and was used for similar publications.