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ALL meanings of chamber

cham·ber
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  • countable noun chamber A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings. 3
  • countable noun chamber You can refer to a country's parliament or to one section of it as a chamber. 3
  • countable noun chamber A chamber is a room designed and equipped for a particular purpose. 3
  • countable noun chamber A chamber is a hollow place inside the body of a person or animal, or inside a plant. 3
  • noun plural chamber The offices used by judges and barristers are referred to as chambers. 3
  • noun chamber a meeting hall, esp one used for a legislative or judicial assembly 3
  • noun chamber a reception room or audience room in an official residence, palace, etc 3
  • noun chamber a room in a private house, esp a bedroom 3
  • noun chamber a legislative, deliberative, judicial, or administrative assembly 3
  • noun chamber any of the houses of a legislature 3
  • noun chamber an enclosed space; compartment; cavity 3
  • noun chamber the space between two gates of the locks of a canal, dry dock, etc 3
  • noun chamber an enclosure for a cartridge in the cylinder of a revolver or for a shell in the breech of a cannon 3
  • noun chamber a place where the money of a government, corporation, etc, was stored; treasury 3
  • noun chamber the freezing room in an abattoir 3
  • noun chamber of, relating to, or suitable for chamber music 3
  • verb chamber to put in or provide with a chamber 3
  • noun chamber a room in a house, esp. a bedroom 3
  • noun chamber a reception room in an official residence 3
  • noun chamber a suite of rooms used by one person 3
  • noun chamber a judge's office located near the courtroom 3
  • noun chamber an assembly hall 3
  • noun chamber a legislative or judicial body or division 3
  • noun chamber a council or board 3
  • noun chamber an enclosed space in the body of a plant or animal 3
  • noun chamber 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 3
  • verb transitive chamber to provide a chamber or chambers for 3
  • verb transitive chamber to put (a cartridge, etc.) into a chamber 3
  • adjective chamber of, for, or performing chamber music 3
  • noun chamber legislative hall 1
  • noun chamber law: of judge 1
  • noun chamber room 1
  • abbreviation CHAMBER compartment 1
  • noun plural chamber law firm 1
  • noun chamber a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber. 1
  • noun chamber a room in a palace or official residence. 1
  • noun chamber the meeting hall of a legislative or other assembly. 1
  • noun chamber chambers, Law. a place where a judge hears matters not requiring action in open court. the private office of a judge. (in England) the quarters or rooms that lawyers use to consult with their clients, especially in the Inns of Court. 1
  • noun chamber a legislative, judicial, or other like body: the upper or the lower chamber of a legislature. 1
  • noun chamber an organization of individuals or companies for a specified purpose. 1
  • noun chamber the place where the moneys due a government are received and kept; a treasury or chamberlain's office. 1
  • noun chamber (in early New England) any bedroom above the ground floor, generally named for the ground-floor room beneath it. 1
  • noun chamber a compartment or enclosed space; cavity: a chamber of the heart. 1
  • noun chamber (in a canal or the like) the space between any two gates of a lock. 1
  • noun chamber a receptacle for one or more cartridges in a firearm, or for a shell in a gun or other cannon. 1
  • noun chamber (in a gun) the part of the barrel that receives the charge. 1
  • noun chamber chamber pot. 1
  • adjective chamber of, relating to, or performing chamber music: chamber players. 1
  • verb with object chamber to put or enclose in, or as in, a chamber. 1
  • verb with object chamber to provide with a chamber. 1
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