Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Magazine \Mag`a*zine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Magazined}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Magazining}.]
   To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.

Magazine \Mag`a*zine"\, n. [F. magasin, It. magazzino, or Sp.
   magacen, almagacen; all fr. Ar. makhzan, almakhzan, a
   storehouse, granary, or cellar.]
   1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially
      military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.
      ``Armories and magazines.'' --Milton.

   2. The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept
      in a fortification or a ship.

   3. A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to
      be fed automatically to the piece.

   4. A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous
      papers or compositions.

   {Magazine dress}, clothing made chiefly of woolen, without
      anything metallic about it, to be worn in a powder
      magazine.

   {Magazine gun}, a portable firearm, as a rifle, with a
      chamber carrying cartridges which are brought
      automatically into position for firing.

   {Magazine stove}, a stove having a chamber for holding fuel
      which is supplied to the fire by some self-feeding
      process, as in the common base-burner.

Magazine \Mag`a*zine"\, n.
   1. A country or district especially rich in natural products.

   2. A city viewed as a marketing center.

   3. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery,
      camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.

   4. A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.

Source : WordNet®

magazine
     n 1: a periodic paperback publication; "it takes several years
          before a magazine starts to break even or make money"
          [syn: {mag}]
     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" [syn: {magazine publisher}]
     4: a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying
        it for exposure as required [syn: {cartridge}]
     5: a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons
        and ammunition are stored [syn: {powder store}, {powder
        magazine}]
     6: a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be
        inserted into an automatic gun [syn: {cartridge holder}, {cartridge
        clip}, {clip}]