Chambers
noun
Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
Chambers
American
[cheym-berz]
/ ˈtʃeɪm bərz /
noun
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Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
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Robert William, 1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.
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Whittaker Jay David Chambers, 1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.
chambers
British
/ ˈtʃeɪmbəz /
plural noun
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a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
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(in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)
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archaic a suite of rooms; apartments
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(in the US) the private office of a judge
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law
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in the privacy of a judge's chambers
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Former name for sense 5: in camera. in a court not open to the public
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He made Danson’s Sam Malone and Long’s Diane Chambers part of our cultural lexicon by styling them as the ultimate will-they-or-won’t-they couple.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Harry Chambers, an economist at the London-based research group Capital Economics, said he thought the SNB would keep interest rates unchanged "over the next couple of years".
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Keith, whose real name is Brytavious Chambers, has also worked with stars including Lil Baby, Sexyy Red, 21 Savage and J Cole.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Michelle Ambrosio Chambers, a 39-year-old nurse from Texas, said she has lost 150 pounds since getting on GLP-1 drugs three years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
When you take the Seventh Avenue Local, you have to switch at Chambers Street for the Seventh Avenue Express.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
Many chambers of commerce and businesses that want to lure customers later in the day generally support it, while agricultural interests and some industries oppose it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
There are a handful of additional days in which just one of the two chambers is scheduled to be in session, though typically not much business takes place during the dog days of summer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
There, another paleontologist had shown him fossilized wasp cocoons, which are small mud chambers where developing larvae mature into adults.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Hawaii’s law is viewpoint neutral and applies to unions just as it applies to chambers of commerce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
There was nowhere in the castle to summon or hide a creature like that, except for the endless, forgotten chambers and tunnels running beneath it.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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