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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 storedplay

  Familiarity information: POWDER MAGAZINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POWDER MAGAZINE (noun)


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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