CHAMBERS
Chambers, William Chambers, Sir William Chambers
(noun) English architect (1723-1796)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Chambers (plural Chamberses)
A surname.
Chambers Township.
An unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona.
A village in Holt County, Nebraska.
An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
Ellipsis of Chambers County.
Anagrams
• Schamber, becharms, chambres
Noun
chambers
plural of chamber
Noun
chambers pl (plural only)
(legal) A judge's private office.
(UK, legal) The rooms used by a barrister or to an association of barristers.
bedroom
Verb
chambers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chamber
Anagrams
• Schamber, becharms, chambres
Source: Wiktionary
CHAMBER
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