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chamber definition

cham·ber (c̸hām′bər)

noun

    1. a room in a house, esp. a bedroom
    2. a reception room in an official residence
  2. Brit. a suite of rooms used by one person
  3. a judge's office located near the courtroom
  4. an assembly hall
  5. a legislative or judicial body or division the Chamber of Deputies
  6. a council or board a chamber of commerce
  7. an enclosed space in the body of a plant or animal
  8. any enclosed space; compartment; specif., the part of a gun that holds the charge, or any of the compartments for cartridges in the cylinder of a revolver

Etymology: ME chambre < OFrchambre, cambre < LL camera, a chamber, room (in L, a vault): see camera

transitive verb

  1. to provide a chamber or chambers for
  2. to put (a cartridge, etc.) into a chamber

adjective

of, for, or performing chamber music

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chamber Synonyms

chamber

n.

  1. A room

    bedroom, antechamber, office, hall; see hall 1, room 2.

  2. A small compartment

    box, cell, chest; see case 7, container.

  3. An organized group

    council, legislative house, assembly, body; see committee, government 2, legislature.


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chamber Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • torture: Warwick Castle is a fine medieval castle entered through dungeons, armory and torture chamber.

Adjective modifier

  • anechoic: In the first, the sample is exposed to a sound field in an anechoic chamber.

Modifies a noun

  • orchestra: It was the dream of a group of West Devon music lovers to create a professional chamber orchestra.

Noun used with modifier

  • combustion: Heating System Most vans have space heaters in which the combustion chamber is sealed off from the living area.

Possessives

  • barrister: Barristers ' Chambers in the UK - F to J maintained by Delia Venables This page was last updated on June 15th.

Preposition: of

  • commerce: Local chambers of commerce or tourism bureaus may also include historic photos on their websites.

Preposition: with

  • aven: Back at the bottom of the aven a large chamber with a further aven can be entered.
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chamber quotes

The first sense he had of God was when he was eleven years oldat Chigwell being retired intoa chamberalone: he was so suddenly surprised with a sense of inward comfort and (as he thought) an external glory in the room that he had many times said that from thence he has the Seal of Divinityand Immortality, that there was a God and thatthesoul of manwas capable ofenjoying his divine communications.

-Aubrey,John

One need not be a Chamberöto be Hauntedö One need not be a Houseö The brain has Corridorsösurpassing Material Placeö

-Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth

I throw myself down in my Chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.

-Donne,John

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