Definitions for magazineˌmæg əˈzin, ˈmæg əˌzin

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

mag•a•zineˌmæg əˈzin, ˈmæg əˌzin(n.)

a periodical publication, usu. paperbound, that typically contains essays, stories, poems, and often illustrations.
a television program that combines interviews, commentary, and entertainment.
Category: Showbiz
a room for keeping gunpowder and other explosives.
a military depot for arms or provisions.
Category: Military
Ref: warehouse .
a receptacle on a gun for holding cartridges.
Category: Military
Category: Photography
Ref: cartridge (def. 4). 4

Origin of magazine:

1575–85; < F magasin < It magazzino storehouse < Ar makhāzin, pl. of makhzan storehouse; in E figuratively, as “storehouse of information,” used in book and periodical titles

Princeton's WordNet

magazine, mag(noun)
a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
"it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money"
magazine(noun)
product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
"tripped over a pile of magazines"
magazine, magazine publisher(noun)
a business firm that publishes magazines
"he works for a magazine"
magazine, cartridge(noun)
a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
magazine, powder store, powder magazine(noun)
a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
cartridge holder, cartridge clip, clip, magazine(noun)
a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

magazine(noun)ˌmæg əˈzin, ˈmæg əˌzin
a publication with a paper cover, photographs and stories
a fashion magazine; a weekly/monthly news magazine

Wiktionary

magazine(Noun)
A periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold.
magazine(Noun)
An ammunition storehouse.
magazine(Noun)
Detachable ammunition holder enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed to a gun.

Origin: From magasin ("warehouse", "store"), from magazzino ("storehouse"), from (, "storerooms", "storehouses"), plural of (máχzan, "storeroom", "storehouse"), from (χázana, "to store", "to stock", "to lay up").

Webster Dictionary

Magazine(noun)
a receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc
Magazine(noun)
the building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship
Magazine(noun)
a chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece
Magazine(noun)
a pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions
Magazine(verb)
to store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use