Synonyms for magnum
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mag-nuh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæg nəm |
Top 10 synonyms for magnum Other synonyms for the word magnum
- alembic
- beaker
- bin
- blaster
- bunker
- caisson
- canteen
- carafe
- cask
- casket
- cauldron
- chamber
- chest
- churn
- cistern
- container
- cradle
- crate
- crock
- cruet
- difference
- dish
- equalizer
- ewer
- firkin
- flask
- flintlock
- forty-five
- hamper
- handgun
- hardware
- hod
- hopper
- howitzer
- humidor
- hutch
- jar
- jeroboam
- jug
- kettle
- magnum
- mortar
- musket
- ordnance
- package
- packet
- pail
- peashooter
- persuader
- piece
- pistol
- pit
- pitcher
- pod
- poke
- pot
- pottery
- pouch
- purse
- receptacle
- reliquary
- repository
- revolver
- rifle
- rod
- sac
- sack
- Saturday-night special
- scuttle
- shotgun
- stein
- storage
- tank
- thirty-eight
- tub
- utensil
- Uzi
- vase
- vat
- vessel
- vial
- wine bottle
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
- 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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