1. 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";
   - mag [informal]
    
2. Product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
   "tripped over a pile of magazines"
    
3. A business firm that publishes magazines
   "he works for a magazine";
   - magazine publisher
    
4. A metal frame or container holding ammunition that feeds a repeating firearm
   "The soldier quickly inserted a fresh magazine into his rifle";
   - cartridge holder, cartridge clip, clip
    
5. A storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
   "The sailors quickly accessed the powder magazine during the naval exercise";
   - powder store, powder magazine
    
6. A light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
   "The photographer loaded a new magazine of film into the camera";
   - cartridge

Derived forms: magazines

Type of: depot, entrepot, press, product, production, public press, publication, publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house, storage, store, storehouse, supply chamber

Part of: camera, gun, photographic camera

Encyclopedia: Magazine, Arkansas