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second chamber

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noun

  1. the upper house of a bicameral legislative assembly

"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

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At the end of this cavern is a corridor, which is almost 30 metres long and three metres across, and which leads to a second chamber of the cave.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

Mr. Prescott retired as an elected lawmaker in 2010 and was made a member of the House of Lords, the second chamber of Parliament.

From New York Times Nov. 21, 2024

In this case, the water vapor comes from evaporating liquid water from a second chamber.

From Science Daily Nov. 19, 2024

Instead, he said, Mr Brown's plan was "a whole new concept of self-government" where the purpose of the second chamber would not be to scrutinise but "to give a voice for those self-governing nations".

From BBC Mar. 5, 2024

A narrow corridor brought them to a second chamber, through which they reached yet a third.

From The Secret of Sarek by Maurice Leblanc

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