chamber

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/ ˈtʃeɪm bər /

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noun

a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.

a room in a palace or official residence.

the meeting hall of a legislative or other assembly.

chambers, Law.

a place where a judge hears matters not requiring action in open court.
the private office of a judge.
(in England) the quarters or rooms that lawyers use to consult with their clients, especially in the Inns of Court.

a legislative, judicial, or other like body: the upper or the lower chamber of a legislature.

an organization of individuals or companies for a specified purpose.

the place where the moneys due a government are received and kept; a treasury or chamberlain's office.

(in early New England) any bedroom above the ground floor, generally named for the ground-floor room beneath it.

a compartment or enclosed space; cavity: a chamber of the heart.

(in a canal or the like) the space between any two gates of a lock.

a receptacle for one or more cartridges in a firearm, or for a shell in a gun or other cannon.

(in a gun) the part of the barrel that receives the charge.

chamber pot.

adjective

of, relating to, or performing chamber music: chamber players.

verb (used with object)

to put or enclose in, or as in, a chamber.

to provide with a chamber.

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Origin of chamber

1175–1225; Middle English chambre<Old French <Latin camera, variant of camara vaulted room, vault <Greek kamára

OTHER WORDS FROM chamber

un·der·cham·ber, noun

Words nearby chamber

cham, chamade, chamaedorea, Chamaeleon, chamaephyte, chamber, chamber concert, chamber counsel, chambered, chambered nautilus, chamberer

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How to use chamber in a sentence

A conviction would require the support of two-thirds of senators in the evenly divided chamber.
House impeachment managers emphasize the danger to Pence and other top officials in harrowing retelling of Jan. 6 attack|Amy Gardner, Karoun Demirjian, Felicia Sonmez, Paul Kane|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
That created a vivid contrast between the emotion inside the Senate chamber and many senators’ legalistic explanations outside it.
Republican senators show emotion, but little evidence of changed minds|Seung Min Kim, Karoun Demirjian|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
Two Republicans joined all of the chamber’s Democrats in voting for the bill.
Virginia legislature votes to abolish the death penalty|Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
Steve King of Iowa made a series of offensive statements, Democrats who hold a narrow majority in the House chamber took matters into their own hands.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and her crock-of-bile tears|Karen Tumulty|February 5, 2021|Washington Post

As Democrats settle into control of both chambers of Congress, signs of the party’s legislative priorities are starting to manifest.
New antitrust reform bill charts one possible path for regulating big tech|Taylor Hatmaker|February 4, 2021|TechCrunch
This is the Mexico that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and most major U.S. corporations, are eager to call amigo.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As one walks from chamber to chamber, a number of things become abundantly clear.
The Virgin Mary Lookbook|William O’Connor|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Get a thrill, get off a lucky shot, take home a trophy, put it up in a secret chamber of our heart.
McConaughey’s ‘Stand’—And Ours|James Poulos|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He thus appointed Strauss to the post of president of the Reich Chamber of Music in 1933.
Top Nazis And Their Complicated Relationship With Artists|William O’Connor|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then she went into a secret chamber where no one was allowed to enter.
In New Brothers Grimm 'Snow White', The Prince Doesn't Save Her|The Brothers Grimm|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In passing to her own chamber she met the Emperor, and, in the agitation of her maternal fears, told him all that had passed.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
The Princess was pale and thin; and, though dressed superbly, seemed fitter for her chamber.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
By the last-mentioned staircase access is obtained by the general public to the Council Chamber.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Why, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might wash the sour krout off his hands.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
It was still in the verge of possibility that his son might seek his father in that dismal chamber.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

British Dictionary definitions for chamber

chamber

/ (ˈtʃeɪmbə) /

noun

a meeting hall, esp one used for a legislative or judicial assembly

a reception room or audience room in an official residence, palace, etc

archaic, or poetic a room in a private house, esp a bedroom

a legislative, deliberative, judicial, or administrative assembly
any of the houses of a legislature

an enclosed space; compartment; cavitythe smallest chamber in the caves

the space between two gates of the locks of a canal, dry dock, etc

an enclosure for a cartridge in the cylinder of a revolver or for a shell in the breech of a cannon

obsolete a place where the money of a government, corporation, etc, was stored; treasury

short for chamber pot

NZ the freezing room in an abattoir

(modifier) of, relating to, or suitable for chamber musica chamber concert

verb

(tr) to put in or provide with a chamber

Word Origin for chamber

C13: from Old French chambre, from Late Latin camera room, Latin: vault, from Greek kamara

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