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    Chambers
    noun
    Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
  • chambers
    chambers
    plural noun
    a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
Synonyms

Chambers

American  
[cheym-berz] / ˈtʃeɪm bərz /

noun

  1. Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.

  2. Robert William, 1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.

  3. Whittaker Jay David Chambers, 1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.

chambers British  
/ ˈtʃeɪmbəz /

plural noun

  1. a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court

  2. (in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)

  3. archaic a suite of rooms; apartments

  4. (in the US) the private office of a judge

  5. law

    1. in the privacy of a judge's chambers

    2. Former name for sense 5: in camera.  in a court not open to the public

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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In written submissions, Richard Harwood KC, for Juliet Chambers, said the granting of planning permission was "unlawful".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Resident Juliet Chambers wanted to legally challenge Lambeth Council over its decision to use parts of the park for the events, due to start in May, saying it had misinterpreted the word "recreation".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

“It was a time in Altadena where if anybody needed anything, it was very open,” Chambers said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

“Going there, it was like the prettiest place ever; very pastoral, it blew my mind,” Chambers said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

And just at that moment, for no reason at all, I remembered the old lady at Chambers Street saying “Death is coming.”

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

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