Definition of: magazine

(mag′ə·zēn′, mag′ə·zēn) noun
1. A house, room, or receptacle in which anything is stored; a depot; warehouse; specifically, a strong building for storing gunpowder and other military stores; also, a storeroom for gunpowder and shells aboard ship.
2. A receptacle in which the supply of reserve cartridges of a repeating rifle is placed; also, a case in which cartridges are carried.
3. A periodical publication containing sketches, stories, essays, etc.
4. A reservoir or supply chamber in a battery, camera, or the like.
—v.t. ·zined, ·zin·ing To store up for future use. [<MF magasin <OF magazin <Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan a storehouse <khazana store up]