Definitions

magnum

[mag-nuhm] / ˈmæg nəm /

NOUN

container

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bag bottle bowl box bucket can canister capsule carton crate dish jar jug kettle package packet pail pot pouch sack storage tank tub utensil vase vessel vial

STRONG

alembic beaker bin bunker caisson canteen carafe cask casket cauldron chamber chest churn cistern cradle crock ewer firkin flask hamper hod hopper hutch jeroboam pit pod poke pottery purse receptacle reliquary repository sac scuttle stein vat

WEAK

humidor

NOUN

decanter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

carafe flask jug

STRONG

bottle canteen container cruet pitcher

WEAK

wine bottle

NOUN

gun

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cannon handgun hardware mortar piece pistol revolver rifle shotgun

STRONG

Uzi blaster difference equalizer flintlock forty-five howitzer musket ordnance persuader rod

WEAK

Saturday-night special peashooter thirty-eight

Example Sentences

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He then met the likes of photographers Marc Riboud and Henri Cartier-Bresson who signed him up to join the celebrated photo agency Magnum.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Dove soap-maker Unilever spun off its ice-cream business last year into the Magnum Ice Cream company, and recently clinched a deal with spice-maker McCormick to combine food businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

It spun off its ice cream business, now known as Magnum Ice Cream, last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

With its listing, Magnum became the world’s largest stand-alone ice cream company.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

He really did look an awful lot like Magnum, PI.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

magnum

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