magnum
A bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle.
Other meanings
A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre.
Related words
- belted magnum
- double magnum
Word history
From Latin "magnum".
Where this comes from
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