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CHAMBER
bedroom, sleeping room, sleeping accommodation, chamber, bedchamber
(noun) a room used primarily for sleeping
chamber
(noun) a natural or artificial enclosed space
chamber
(noun) a room where a judge transacts business
chamber
(noun) an enclosed volume in the body; “the chambers of his heart were healthy”
chamber
(noun) a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; “the upper chamber is the senate”
chamber
(verb) place in a chamber
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chamber (plural chambers)
A room or set of rooms, particularly
The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
A bedroom.
The private office of a judge.
The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
(UK) A single law office in a building housing several.
(dated, usually, in the plural) Rooms in a lodging house.
A chamberpot.
(figuratively) The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
(biology) An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
(firearms) The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
(firearms) One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
(historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
(obsolete) Clipping of chamber pot: a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers.
Synonyms
• (chamber pot): See chamber pot
Verb
chamber (third-person singular simple present chambers, present participle chambering, simple past and past participle chambered)
To enclose in a room.
To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
In martial arts, to prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
(obsolete) To be lascivious.
Synonyms
• (to be lascivious): blissom, lust; see also harlotize
Anagrams
• becharm, chambre, chambré
Source: Wiktionary
Cham"ber, n. Etym: [F. chambre, fr. L. camera vault, arched roof, in LL. chamber, fr. Gr. kmar to be crooked. Cf. Camber, Camera, Comrade.]
1. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
2. pl.
Definition: Apartments in a lodging house. "A bachelor's life in chambers." Thackeray.
3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.
4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.
5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye.
6. pl. (Law.)
Definition: A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court.
7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.]
8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ornance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary.
– Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city.
– Chamber council, a secret council. Shak.
– Chamber counsel or counselor, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court.
– Chamber fellow, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum.
– Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber.
– Chamber lye, urine. Shak.
– Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or chuch.
– Chamber practice (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court.
– To sit at chambers, to do business in chambers, as a judge.
Cham"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chambered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chambering.]
1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
2. To be lascivious. [Obs.]
Cham"ber, v. t.
1. To shut up, as inn a chamber. Shak.
2. To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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