Definition of Powder magazine

1. Noun. A storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored.

Exact synonyms: Magazine, Powder Store
Generic synonyms: Depot, Entrepot, Storage, Store, Storehouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Powder Magazine

powder
powder-post termite
powder-posted
powder-puff
powder and shot
powder blue
powder blues
powder cap
powder caps
powder compact
powder flask
powder horn
powder hoy
powder keg
powder kegs
powder magazine (current term)
powder metallurgy
powder method
powder monkey
powder monkeys
powder one's nose
powder photography
powder puff
powder puffs
powder room
powder rooms
powder store
powder technique
powdered
powdered ginger

Literary usage of Powder magazine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Path to Rome by Hilaire Belloc (1902)
"To most people there is nothing more subtle or pleasing in a powder-magazine than in a reservoir. They are both much the same in the mere exterior, ..."

2. Bulletin (1913)
"powder magazine—How Constructed. Hereafter, any powder magazine that may he built, shall be so constructed as to provide and maintain the storage room ..."

3. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 by John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott (1884)
"... were opposed to the establishment of the powder-magazine at that place. ... were appointed commissioners to sell the powder-magazine building and lot, ..."

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