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Synonyms for magnum


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mag-nuh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæg nəm

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Définition of magnum

Origin :
  • 1788, "bottle containing two quarts of wine or spirits," from Latin magnum, neuter of magnus "great in size" (see magnate). Registered 1935 by Smith & Wesson Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts, as the name of a powerful type of handgun.
  • As in container : noun holder for physical object
  • As in decanter : noun vessel
  • As in gun : noun weapon that shoots
Example sentences :
  • It is his magnum opus in literature, and exhibits wide and laborious research.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • But you must learn the dictation; the great book, the magnum opus, it is there.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • I'll give you a dinner at the Bertolini to-night, and you may have the magnum of any vintage you like.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • Say, Jack, how much brighter the world looks after a magnum!
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • It has the punch of that .44 Magnum you're presently carrying.
  • Extract from : « Revolution » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • It does not appear that he had any idea of writing his magnum opus in French.
  • Extract from : « Historical Essays » by James Ford Rhodes
  • Yet here it is, magnum opus, mocking the naturalist apparently to scorn.
  • Extract from : « Across America » by James F. Rusling
  • I emptied the magnum at him and he disappeared into the air.
  • Extract from : « The Sex Life of the Gods » by Michael Knerr
  • Then Nick hauled out his magnum and slammed it into the window.
  • Extract from : « The Sex Life of the Gods » by Michael Knerr
  • The corner of the scaphoid just reaches the magnum also in Amblypoda.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
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