Definition of magazine

• n. - A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.
• n. - The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.
• n. - A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.
• n. - A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.
• v. t. - To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.