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POWDER MAGAZINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does powder magazine mean?
• POWDER MAGAZINE (noun)
The noun POWDER MAGAZINE has 1 sense:
1. a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
Familiarity information: POWDER MAGAZINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
magazine; powder magazine; powder store
Hypernyms ("powder magazine" is a kind of...):
depot; entrepot; storage; store; storehouse (a depository for goods)
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