magnum

Of or relating to a cartridge containing a larger explosive charge than other cartridges of the same size.

Designed to shoot magnum cartridges.

A magnum cartridge or firearm.

A bottle, holding about two fifths of a gallon (1.5 liters), for wine or liquor.

The amount of liquid that this bottle can hold.

A large wine-bottle, usually twice the size of the ordinary bottle used for the same kind of wine.

The quantity of wine contained in such a bottle: as, a magnum of port.

Pl. magna (-nä). In anatomy, the largest bone of the human carpus, in the distal row, between the trapezoid and the unciform, in special relation with the head of the middle metacarpal bone: more fully called os magnum.

A large wine bottle.