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magnum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun magnum has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
magnum, n. [Neut. sing. of L. magnus great.].
- A large wine bottle. [1913 Webster]"They passed the magnum to one another freely." [1913 Webster]
- A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone. [1913 Webster]
- A magnum pistol, or the cartridge such a pistol uses; as, he always carried a .44 magnum. [PJC]
magnum, a.
- Having a larger charge than usual for a cartridge of the same caliber; -- of cartridges for handgun; as, a .44 magnum cartridge. [PJC]
- Designed to use a cartridge with a larger charge than usual for handguns of the same caliber; -- of handguns; as, a .44 magnum pistol. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
magnum, n. (pl. magnums)
1 a wine bottle of about twice the standard size.
2 a a cartridge or shell that is especially powerful or large. b (often attrib.) a cartridge or gun adapted so as to be more powerful than its calibre suggests.
1 a wine bottle of about twice the standard size.
2 a a cartridge or shell that is especially powerful or large. b (often attrib.) a cartridge or gun adapted so as to be more powerful than its calibre suggests.
Etymology
L, neut. of magnus great
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