CHAMBERS

Chambers, William Chambers, Sir William Chambers

(noun) English architect (1723-1796)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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

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