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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After Jack Connors and Ashley Chambers missed for Dagenham, skipper Kevin O'Connor stepped up to score the winning spot-kick for Brentford.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Wakeley and Chambers both say that you don't need to lose your personal style when dressing for the office and you can still inject plenty of personality while following a dress code.
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
Pete Chambers, the founder of the Coventry Music Museum, said King had a stage presence "like James Brown".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
He did not know it, but he was looking at Sauron’s Road from Barad-dûr to the Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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
A parliamentary committee will review the urgency of the measure, which will then be examined by both deputies and senators and will only be thrown out if rejected by both chambers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The researchers next placed the larvae inside miniature pressure chambers to determine how much pressure the air sacs could withstand before collapsing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
“The brick is like a 3-D checkerboard,” he said, explaining that it’s made up of a patchwork of blocks and open chambers with small passages throughout the stack for the heat to bounce around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
"And look! There's a congratulatory post-balloon from Madam Du Barry, and another from the princess. They've left a trail of glitter throughout the chambers."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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