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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However, trade body the British Chambers of Commerce said the proposed 20% reduction doesn’t go far enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Stylist Clare Chambers agrees shorts should sit around the kneecap for both men and women.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Luke Chambers spent the second half of last season on loan at Charlton Athletic but, given Liverpool's centre-half crisis, the left-back moved inside against Wrexham in Liverpool's previous friendly and kept his place.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The British Chambers of Commerce trade expert William Bain points to the competitive advantage for EU exporters into the US in some sectors.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Missed her home in the mountains, her own thrifted blankets, and Snapdragon—the three-legged rescue cat who ruled the Chambers house.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
However, another missive from the judge's chambers quickly overshadowed the hotel snafu that same afternoon: the jury had reached their verdicts.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
This month, members of both parties introduced it in both chambers of Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But during a search of his vehicle, investigators said, they recovered a revolver and additional ammunition, as well as speed loaders, which allow multiple chambers of a gun to be loaded at once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Already set to retire at the end of the year, it’s becoming clear that McConnell is never coming back to the Senate chambers.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
She nodded to the guards outside her chambers as they stopped.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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