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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