magnum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a large wine bottle for liquor or wine

WordNet

Mag"num noun
Etymology
Neut. sing. of L. magnus great.
Definitions
  1. A large wine bottle.
    They passed the magnum to one another freely. Sir W. Scott
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  2. (Anat.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone.

Webster 1913