'Magnum' definitions:
Definition of 'magnum'
(from WordNet)
noun
A large wine bottle for liquor or wine
Definition of 'Magnum'
From: GCIDE
- Magnum \Mag"num\ (m[a^]g"n[u^]m), n. [Neut. sing. of L. magnus great.]
- 1. A large wine bottle. [1913 Webster]
- They passed the magnum to one another freely. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A magnum pistol, or the cartridge such a pistol uses; as, he always carried a .44 magnum. [PJC]
Definition of 'magnum'
From: GCIDE
- magnum \mag"num\ (m[a^]g"n[u^]m), a.
- 1. (Firearms) Having a larger charge than usual for a cartridge of the same caliber; -- of cartridges for handgun; as, a .44 magnum cartridge. [PJC]
- 2. (Firearms) 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]